Hencken v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the WLAD does not incorporate ostensible amendments to Title VII authorizing punitive damages, partly on the basis that Washington courts require express statutory authorization for exemplary damages
• “Since its earliest decisions, this court has consistently disapproved punitive damages as contrary to public policy.”
• “Since its 13 earliest decisions, this court has consistently disapproved punitive damages as contrary to public 14 policy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).