context: No. 103-158, at 33 (1993) (noting that USERRA "would restructure, clarify, and improve " the VRRA (emphasis added)). Among other improvements, if an employer engaged in willful discrimination, USERRA permitted a plaintiff to seek liquidated damages, a form of relief unavailable under the VRRA.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 756 F.2d 1000, 1003
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that claims under the VRRA are equitable and a plaintiff is not entitled to a jury trial
citation_a.sentence: See Maher v. City of Chi., 463 F.Supp.2d 837, 844 (N.D.Ill.2006) (holding that liquidated damages under USERRA are punitive and therefore subject to trial by jury); cf. Calderon v. Witvoet, 999 F.2d 1101, 1109 (7th Cir.1993) (holding that actions seeking liquidated damages under a different statute are “suits at common law” for purposes of the Seventh Amendment’s right to a jury trial); Troy v. City of Hampton, 756 F.2d 1000, 1003 (4th Cir.1985) (holding that claims under the VRRA are equitable and a plaintiff is not entitled to a jury trial).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 463 F.Supp.2d 837, 844
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that liquidated damages under USERRA are punitive and therefore subject to trial by jury
citation_b.sentence: See Maher v. City of Chi., 463 F.Supp.2d 837, 844 (N.D.Ill.2006) (holding that liquidated damages under USERRA are punitive and therefore subject to trial by jury); cf. Calderon v. Witvoet, 999 F.2d 1101, 1109 (7th Cir.1993) (holding that actions seeking liquidated damages under a different statute are “suits at common law” for purposes of the Seventh Amendment’s right to a jury trial); Troy v. City of Hampton, 756 F.2d 1000, 1003 (4th Cir.1985) (holding that claims under the VRRA are equitable and a plaintiff is not entitled to a jury trial).