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- Title
Disparate Impact Claims and Punitive Damages: Justified Abrogation of State Sovereign Immunity.
- Authors
Stewart, Brad
- Abstract
The article discusses legal issues on the doctrine of disparate impact claims and punitive damages in the U.S., particularly the power of Congress to abrogate state sovereign immunity and award damages to plaintiffs. Topics include the provision of the Code that was taken from the Civil Rights Acts of 1871 to grant private right of action for monetary damages to persons whose constitutional rights were breached by public officers and the case City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.
- Subjects
DISPARATE impact (Law); EXEMPLARY damages; GOVERNMENT liability; LEGISLATIVE power; ENFORCEMENT Acts (United States); UNITED States. Congress
- Publication
Brigham Young University Law Review, 2021, Vol 2021, Issue 1, p297
- ISSN
0360-151X
- Publication type
Article