Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶28

Mr. Landor begins by invoking agency and contract law. As LDOC's agents, he contends, the individual defendants have a “duty to obey all reasonable directions” from their principal. Restatement (Second) of Agency § 385(1) (1957). And, he adds, an agent's actions can sometimes “bin[d] his principal” to a contract when he acts “within the scope of his authority.” United States v. Gooding, 12 Wheat. 460, 469 (1827); see also Restatement (Second) of Agency § 140. From these common law principles, Mr. Landor reasons, it follows that the individual defendants in this case may be held personally liable under RLUIPA. Brief for Petitioner 31–33; see also post, at 92, 102, n. 10 (opinion of Jackson, J.).

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