JANE CUMMINGS, PETITIONER v. PREMIER REHAB KELLER, P.L.L.C., 596 U.S. 212

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HOLDINGS: [1]-Emotional distress damages were not recoverable under the Spending Clause antidiscrimination statutes at issue, 29 U.S.C.S. § 794(a) and 42 U.S.C.S. § 18116, as there was no basis in contract law to maintain that emotional distress damages were traditionally available in suits for breach of contract, and correspondingly no ground under case law to conclude that federal funding recipients had clear notice that they could have faced such a remedy in private actions brought to enforce those statutes.