Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety · ¶78

With that answer in hand, we had no trouble discerning the what: “what `appropriate relief' entails.” Ibid. We acknowledged that the term is “ `open-ended' ” and “ `inherently context dependent.' ” Id., at 49 (quoting Sossamon, 563 U. S., at 286). But given the who, the term had an obvious meaning: “In the context of suits against Government officials, damages have long been awarded as appropriate relief.” Tanzin, 592 U. S., at 49.

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