Whether Emotional Distress Damages Are Available Under Anti-Discrimination Statutes

Court said that the statutes didn't allow her to get these emotional distress damages, and so her suit was all for naught. In part, the court said, because spending statutes are like contracts between the federal government and funding recipients,. And you usually can't get emotional distress damages for violations of contract. So this is a broader sweep and a swipe against civil rights enforcement more generally. The predictable three justis in descent. Brior wrote thedescent for himself and justices of t maor and kagan.