Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 4, 2001
Full case name	Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Citations	532 U.S. 843 (more)
Holding
	Front pay is not an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and thus is not subject to the damages cap imposed by the Act.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Civil Rights Act of 1991

Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 532 U.S. 843 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that front pay is not an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and thus is not subject to the damages cap imposed by the Act.^[1]^[2] Front pay, as opposed to back pay, is a "monetary remedy available when circumstances dictate that it is not possible for the employee to be reinstated."^[2]

References

^ Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 532 U.S. 843 (2001).
^ ^a ^b Pearson, Eric (2002). "Collateral Benefits and Front Pay: A Rule of No Offset Encourages Agency Recoupment". The University of Chicago Law Review. 69 (4): 1957–1982. doi:10.2307/1600623. ISSN 0041-9494.

External links

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[case-1] Pollard v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 532 U.S. 843 (2001).

[Pearson2002-2] Pearson, Eric (2002). "Collateral Benefits and Front Pay: A Rule of No Offset Encourages Agency Recoupment". The University of Chicago Law Review. 69 (4): 1957–1982. doi:10.2307/1600623. ISSN 0041-9494.

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