Charles Evans Hughes

“ The fact that a proceeding for civil contempt is for the purpose of compensating the injured party, and not, as in criminal contempt, to redress the public wrong, does not require so narrow a view of what should be embraced in an adequate remedial award.
While the distinction is clear between damages, in the sense of actual pecuniary loss, and profits, the latter may none the less be included in the concept of compensatory relief. In a suit in equity against an infringer, profits are recoverable not by way of punishment but to insure full compensation to the party injured. ”

“ In view of the principles governing the broader relief obtainable in equity, as contrasted with those applicable in courts of law, it is apparent that there is no necessary exclusion of profits from the idea of compensation in a remedial proceeding. ”

“ Roemer v. Simon, 91 U.S. 149, 23 L. Ed. 267; Brooks v. Railroad Company, 101 U.S. 443, 25 L. Ed. 1057, rehearing denied 102 U.S. 107, 26, L. Ed. 91; Bronson v. Schulten, 104 U.S. 410, 415, 26 L. Ed. 797. ”