Scott Teutscher v. Riverside Sheriffs Assn

I concur in the judgment of the majority opinion. However, I disagree with the majority’s Seventh Amendment analysis in Part IV of the opinion. I disagree that the district court “should have viewed itself as bound under the Seventh Amendment” because “Teutscher needed to make the same factual showing and to meet the same defenses” in order to obtain both future lost earnings and reinstatement. Maj. Op. at 947. Instead, I would hold that the district court’s equitable remedy was an improper abuse of discretion, because the district court did not give reasons why additional equitable relief…