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Court rules against plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for discrimination

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Share The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against a plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for alleged violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws. Premier Rehab Keller PLLC , the court applied the contract-law inquiry to hold that Cummings could not recover damages for emotional distress.

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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

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Section 1983 provides a cause of action against any person acting under color of state law who deprives a person of “rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws” of the United States. The sine qua non is incompatibility between Section 1983 enforcement and any enforcement scheme in the statute.

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