Janda v. City of Detroit

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing compensatory damages but not punitive damages on assault and battery claim
• “[P]unitive damages may be awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 even where they would not normally be recoverable under the local law in the state where the violation occurred.”
• “[Pjunitive damages may be awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 even where they would not normally be recoverable under the local law in the state where the violation occurred.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).