Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Telesaver, Inc. v. United States Transmission Systems, Inc.

Telesaver, Inc. v. United States Transmission Sys., Inc., 502 U.S. 812 (1991)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-10-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • 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
  • re-indictment does not violate double jeopardy clause

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.