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Due Process Forgotten: The Problem Of Statutory Damages And Class Actions, Sheila B. Scheuerman
Due Process Forgotten: The Problem Of Statutory Damages And Class Actions, Sheila B. Scheuerman
Missouri Law Review
Part II examines the theoretical rationale underlying both statutory damages and class actions: making individual claims marketable. This Part explains how combining the class action with statutory damages invites overdeterrence, a fact aptly demonstrated by the FACTA class actions. Part III describes the constitutional framework for analyzing constitutional excessiveness under the Due Process Clause. This Part shows how the modem due process standard for punitive damages - known as the BMW guideposts - in fact evolved from a test developed in early Supreme Court precedent analyzing the constitutional limits on statutory damages. Part IV examines modem judicial treatment of due …