Remedies Flashcards

1
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Plaintiff can get any remedy even if they didn’t ask

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Turner

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2
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Types of damages

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Nominal, compensatory, punitive

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3
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A civil rights violation —- punitive

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Does not alone lead to

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4
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Policy behind punitive damages

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Deter and express public disapproval

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5
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Compensatory damages —-

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Return P to where they were before harm

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6
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Exxon Shipping Holding

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Appropriate ratio compensatory to punitive damages is 1:1

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7
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Takeaway from Carey

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Due process violation itself is not a harm

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Carey holding

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In absence of proof of actual injury, P only gets nominal damages (for due process violation)

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9
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Rule from Carey- Damages are designed to..

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Compensate victims for actual injuries caused by deprivation of rights

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10
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Carey dealt with what statute

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Title 42 Civil Rights Act Section 1983

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11
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According to Carey what is the purpose of due process?

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Prevent mistaken deprivation (not worth much on its own)

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12
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According to Carey, why is due process not worth much on its own?

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Not every violation of it causes distress. Have to show evidence

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13
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The people bound under R65d2 are —

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Parties, their agents, and those working in active concert/participation with parties/agents

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14
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What are preliminary injunction criteria?

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Likelihood of success, likelihood of irreparable harm without injunction, balance of equities tips in favor, injunction in public interest

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15
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Permanent injunction criteria

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success, inadequacy of monetary damages, balance of equities tips in favor, injunction in public interest

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16
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Walgreen Co is binding —-

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Only in the 7th circuit

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17
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Walgreen Co ruled that injunctive relief was appropriate because —-

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Damages were too speculative

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18
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Walgreen Co Rule

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Choosing between remedies requires CBA of alternatives

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19
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Walgreen Co holding

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Reasonable to choose permanent injunction over damages in some contract breach cases (like here)

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20
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What is the benefit of the injunction in Walgreen Co?

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Shift burden of determining cost from court to parties (Walgreen knows at what price will break lease)

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21
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Walgreen Co is —- for when damages inadequate

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Not the usual reasoning

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22
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Walgreen Co not —- injunction test but — it

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Dispelling, evolving

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23
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The PLRA orders limiting prison population when

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Crowding main issue/no other relief will remedy, extends no further than necessary to fix, narrowly drawn and substantial weight on public safety

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24
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Brown Holding

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Court upheld injunction requiring reduction of CA prison population (exact plan up to state)

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25
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What was standard review argument in Brown

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Clear error standard (don’t get to undo trial court fact finding) , dissent wants de novo Disagree about whether overcrowding as primary issue was Q of fact or law

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26
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What was reasoning for narrowly drawn in Brown

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Just because positive effects beyond P class (sick prisoners) doesn’t mean fail narrow tailoring, all prisoners at risk

27
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Hall is only binding in

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5th and 11th circuits

28
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De Novo meaning

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Decide from scratch

29
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Questions of law from trial court are reviewed —- by appellate courts

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De novo

30
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Prima facie review

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Acknowledge record but make whatever decision you want

31
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Clear/plain error review

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Error obvious on appeal, affects substantial rights, AND damages reputation of proceedings

32
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Affects substantial rights means..

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Determines who wins

33
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Questions of fact from trial court reviewed — by appellate courts

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Clear error standard

34
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Standards of review come from

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Statutes or common law

35
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Abuse of discretion standard

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Clearly against logic and facts, fact finding may be right but wrong legal decision

36
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(mixed Q law and fact or balancing tests) by trial court determine by appellate court using this standard

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Abuse of Discretion

37
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Substantial evidence standard

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Evidence that would allow factfinder to make the decision (doesn’t matter if you disagree or think evidence outweighed)

38
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Conclusive review

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What lower court says stands

39
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Hall Rule

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Court of equity have inherent jurisdiction to protect their ability to render judgment

40
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Hall holding

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District court allowed to protect ability to give judgment by issuing interim injunction against undefinable class of persons

41
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How is Hall different from Walker

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Hall not named party on injunction

42
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Hall court could restrict Hall because

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Interfering with “property” of the court, actual notice, imperiled court ability to make binding injunction

43
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Hall court rules that R65 not meant to —— and FRCP

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Limit court power to issue injunctions, incomplete codification

44
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What rule is at issue in Hall

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65d, persons bound by ex parte injunction

45
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Winter rule

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Preliminary injunction test (likely succeed, likely irreparable harm, balance of equities and public interest favor injunction)

46
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Winter holding

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Reject preliminary injunction since equities in favor of Navy

47
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Winter used —- review because

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Abuse of discretion, public safety so outweighed injunction for whales that constituted abuse

48
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Preliminary injunction test is not a —- because —

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Balancing test, all must be met a minimum threshold

49
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Preliminary injunctions are meant to —

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Preserve the status quo

50
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Winter found issue in using injunction to preserve status quo because

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Navy had been testing there for years, what is status quo at question

51
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Winter found that irreparable harm must be —-

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Likely not just possible

52
Q

What is lodestar calculation for attorney fees

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Reasonable number of hours X reasonable rate

53
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What case determined lodestar calculation for attorneys fees

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Hensley

54
Q

Venegas rule

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Use lodestar calculation for attorney shifting rules

55
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Venegas holding

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Section 1988 not cap or reasonable limit on attorney fees in general (only for shifting)

56
Q

Rule 68 says defendant can

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Make settlement offer enforceable by court

57
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Rule 68d says that if jury verdict —- then P must —-

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Lower than settlement offer, pay own costs incurred after offer

58
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42 U.S.C. 1988 b allows

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Prevailing party on civil rights case to recover reasonable attorneys fees

59
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Marek rule

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Attorney fees in any cost shifting scheme subject to cost shifting provision of 68

60
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Marek holding

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A D not liable for post settlement offer attorneys fees under 42 U.S.C. 1988 IF judgment less than settlement offer

61
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Marek court says that attorneys fees are costs under 68 because

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Plain meaning, in line with statute objectives and Congress silence on changing rules evidence

62
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How is Marek in line with statute aims

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Encourages civil rights suits/settlements not necessarily litigation

63
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Marek dissent points out that the definition of costs in 68

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Makes other FRCP rules with word costs inconsistent