Woodruff v. Ohman

How courts have described this case

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

• 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’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Sixth Circuit· 2021-02-17· cited 12×
• Moates v. Hamilton County
  E.D. Tennessee· 2013-09-04· cited 11×
• Kesterson v. Kent State Univ.
  N.D. Ohio· 2018-11-05· cited 9×
• Hildebrant v. Meredith Corp.
  E.D. Michigan· 2014-10-23· cited 4×
• Dahn v. Adoption Alliance
  D. Colorado· 2016-02-17· cited 4×
• Campbell v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2016-01-20· cited 2×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 12,455×
• St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-25· cited 8,844×
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1950-11-13· cited 2,057×
• Shirley J. MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOLEDO HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-05-21· cited 1,717×
• Rosenblatt v. Baer
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-21· cited 1,111×
• General Telephone Co. of the Northwest, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 1,072×
• William McNabola v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-11-24· cited 384×
• Spallone v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-01-10· cited 336×
• Goldwater Et Al. v. Carter, President of the United States, Et Al.
  Supreme Court· 1979-12-13· cited 201×
• James M. Day v. Wayne County Board of Auditors, Wayne County Civil Service Commission, County of Wayne, and Wayne County Board of Commissioners
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-12-06· cited 201×
• Figueroa v. LeFevre
  Supreme Court· 1979-12-10· cited 188×
• Ruth Kitchen v. Chippewa Valley Schools Chippewa Valley School Board of Education George Depillo Thomas Scullen and Edward Skowneski
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-10-16· cited 150×
• Al Burzynski, Administrator of the Estate of Alfred W. Halevan, Deceased v. William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-08-23· cited 101×
• Press, Inc. v. Verran
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-07-31· cited 90×
• Mary Tuck v. Hca Health Services of Tennessee, Inc., D/B/A Donelson Hospital
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-11-19· cited 89×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-12-10· cited 69×
• Johnson v. Howard
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-12-12· cited 30×
• Dana Corporation v. Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust, Intervenor-Appellant, Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-06-04· cited 20×