Shawn Kenneth Hamilton v. The State of Wyoming

How courts have described this case

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• holding that nonunion employees' claim for restitution was actually for punitive damages when the union had acted lawfully by conferring benefits to the employees
• holding that the trial court possessed broad discretionary power when crafting a remedy based upon equitable restitution, thereby requiring narrow appellate review
• recognizing \`one of the first principles of constitutional adjudication — the basic presumption of the constitutional validity of a duly enacted state or federal law.'\
• recognizing “ ‘one of the first principles of constitutional adjudication—the basic presumption of the constitutional validity of a duly enacted state or federal law.’ ”
• explaining that, “[i]n equity, ... courts eschew rigid absolutes and look to the practical realities and necessities inescapably involved in reconciling competing interests.... ”
• opining that an unconstitutional statute is not absolutely void but its one-time existence is a practical reality upon which people have relied and courts should recognize that reality

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