Filson v. Bleeker

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the district court exceeded its equitable power when it ordered [defendant] to apologize”
• concluding that “the district court exceeded its equitable power when it ordered [defendant] to apologize”
• recognizing that punitive damages “cannot be awarded independent of a judgment of liability under” Section 1983
• explaining that an apology is designed to address a moral wrong rather than a legal wrong
• concluding “the district court exceeded its equitable power when it ordered [defendant] to apologize” and holding that “[w]e are not commissioned to run around getting apologies”
• concluding in a § 1983 action that “the district court exceeded its equitable power when it ordered [defendant] to apologize” and holding that “‘[w]e are not commissioned to run around getting apologies’”

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