Conway v. Electro Switch Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that commission’s twelve per cent interest award was appropriate exercise of agency discretion
• finding “no justification for adding interest to damages which, by definition, are for losses to be incurred in the future”
• referring to what appears to be trial court's award of around five years front pay for sex discrimination
• according to fundamental principle of common law, “interest is awarded to compensate a damaged party for the loss of use or the unlawful detention of money”
• answering a question certified by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• construing section 6B to preclude damages for front pay in employment discrimination suit inasmuch as SJC saw “no justification for adding interest to damages which, by definition, are for losses to be incurred in the future”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).