Koons Buick, Inc. v. Nigh

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Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 5, 2004 Decided November 30, 2004
Full case name: Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Bradley Nigh Citations: 543 U.S. 50
Holding
The Truth in Lending Act imposes a $1000 limit on statutory damages for violations of the Act involving personal-property loans.
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority by: Ginsburg Joined by: Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Breyer Concurrence by: Stevens Joined by: Breyer Concurrence by: Kennedy Joined by: Rehnquist Concurrence by: Thomas Dissent by: Scalia
Laws applied
Truth in Lending Act's civil-liability provision, 15 U. S. C. §1640

Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh, 543 U.S. 50 (2004),^[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Congress's 1995 amendment of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) left unaltered the prior minimum and maximum limits of $100 and $1000 prescribed for statutory damages awarded to plaintiffs in TILA violation suits involving personal-property loans.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 543

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