http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-limits-punitive-damages/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-limits-punitive-damages/comment-page-1/#comment-10951 Taylor Reynolds Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:23:44 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/court-limits-punitive-damages/#comment-10951 Stating that the "opinion for the Supreme Court majority did not find the punitive award to be excessive" is unclear. This suggests that the Ct reached the question of whether the award was substantively excessive, and found that it was not. But in fact, the Court did not reach this question at all. That's probably what you meant, but the phrasing points to an incorrect interpretation. Stating that the “opinion for the Supreme Court majority did not find the punitive award to be excessive” is unclear. This suggests that the Ct reached the question of whether the award was substantively excessive, and found that it was not. But in fact, the Court did not reach this question at all. That’s probably what you meant, but the phrasing points to an incorrect interpretation.

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