Amavisca v. California (2001)

Co ., 675 F.2d 811 , 814 (6th Cir. 1982) (civil rights statute authorizing "actual and punitive damages" gives rise to claim for "legal relief" creating right to jury trial under seventh amendment); but see Snapp v. Unlimited Concepts, Inc ., 208 F.3d 928 , 934-36 (11th Cir. 2000) (observing that " '[l]egal relief' is certainly a broad formulation" but disagreeing with Seventh Circuit's decision in Travis on basis of other language in Fair Labor Standards Act, which it viewe…

See Knox v. Johnson, 224 F.3d 470, 477 (5th Cir.2000) (“delay of less than one year will rarely qualify as ‘presumptively prejudicial’ ”) (quoting Cowart v. Hargett, 16 F.3d 642, 646 (5th Cir.1994)), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 975 , 121 S.Ct. 1610 , 149 L.Ed.2d 475 (2001).

See Knox v. Johnson, 224 F.3d 470, 482 (5th Cir.2000) (witness’s subjective hope the State would recognize his assistance did not establish the State had even subtly offered him a deal for his testimony), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 975 , 121 S.Ct. 1610 , 149 L.Ed.2d 475 (2001); Hill v. Johnson, 210 F.3d 481, 486 (5th Cir.2000) (subjective beliefs of witnesses regarding the possibility of future favorable treatment are insufficient to trigger the State’s duty to disclose under Br…

Compare Travis v. Gary Cmty. Mental Health Ctr., Inc., 921 F.2d 108 (7th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 812 , 112 S.Ct. 60 , 116 L.Ed.2d 36 (1991) (holding that when Congress amended § 216(b) in 1977 by adding “legal relief’ to the remedies it allows, Congress was opening the door to the traditional tort remedies of compensatory and punitive damages), with Snapp v. Unlimited Concepts, Inc., 208 F.3d 928 (11th Cir.2000), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 975 , 121 S.Ct. 1609 , 149 L…