MCCANN, ADMINISTRATOR

v.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Citator

Cited By (31 total)

• Curtis v. Loether, 415 U.S. 189 (U.S. 1974)
  …The Courts of Appeals have similarly rejected the notion that the Seventh Amendment has no application to causes of action created by statute. See, e. g., International Brotherhood of Boilermakers v. Braswell, 388 F. 2d 193, 197 (CA5), cert. denied, 391 U. S. 935 (1968); Simmons v. Avisco, Local 713, Textile Workers, 350 F. 2d 1012, 1018 (CA4 1965); Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F. 2d 464, 468 (CA2 1946), as well as the decision of the Seventh Circuit in this case, 467 F. 2d, at 1113-1116. See generally Developmen…
• Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Foust, 442 U.S. 42 (U.S. 1979)
  …eld that punitive damages are “appropriate relief” when a union’s conduct manifests “actual malice or reckless or wanton indifference” to members’ speech and associational rights. Boilermakers v. Braswell, 388 F. 2d 193, 199-201 (CA5), cert. denied, 391 U. S. 935 (1968); Cooke v. Orange Belt Dist. Council, 529 F. 2d 815, 820 (CA9 1976); Morrissey v. National Maritime Union, 544 F. 2d 19, 24-25 (CA2 1976); Keene v. IUOE Local 624, 569 F. 2d 1375, 1381-1382, and n. 8 (CA5 1978). These courts noted that punitiv…
• Anderson v. Thompson, 658 F.2d 1205 (7th Cir. 1981)
  …not relied solely on the statutory language but have also considered the congressional intent. See, e. g., Simmons v. Avisco, 350 F. 2d 1012, 1019 (4th Cir. 1965); Int’l Bro. of Boilermakers v. Brasewell, 388 F. 2d 193, 199 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 391 U.S. 935, 88 S.Ct. 1848, 20 L.Ed.2d 854 (1968); Int’l Bro. of Boilermakers v. Rafferty, 348 F. 2d 307 (9th Cir. 1965). Moreover, those district courts which have considered the meaning of the term “appropriate” in the statute at hand have agreed that the lan…