Ramos v. District of Columbia Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs

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• administrative agencies, unlike courts, have no equitable power to fashion remedies not expressly authorized by statute
• administrative agencies, unlike courts, have no equitable power to fashion remedies not expressly authorized by statute
• “We note ‘[t]he clear weight of authority ... is that as a general rule there can be no recovery of punitive damages against a municipality absent a statute expressly authorizing it’ ”

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