California Supreme Court
Nov. 14, 2013
A minimum statutory damages balancing act at state high court
The 9th Circuit recently launched a hot potato regarding minimum statutory damages onto the state Supreme Court's docket. By E. Alex Beroukhim
In a recently filed order certifying questions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals launched a hot potato regarding minimum statutory damages onto the California Supreme Court's docket. See Beauchamp v. City of Long Beach, 2013 DJDAR 12573 (9th Cir. Sept. 17, 2013). The statutory scheme at issue in Beauchamp (the California Disabled Persons Act, or CDPA), like many others in California, provides for minimum statutory damag...
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