Today’s Opinions
on Jun 25, 2008 at 11:50 am
The Justices issued four decisions today, including rulings that vacated the $2.5 billion punitive damages award resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and that struck down under the Eighth Amendment a Louisiana law permitting capital punishment for defendants convicted of child rape.
The opinion by Justice Souter in Exxon v. Baker (07-219), the punitive damages case, is available here.
The opinion by Justice Kennedy in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343), the child rape case, is available here.
The opinion by Justice Scalia in Giles v. California (07-6053) is available here.
The opinion by Chief Justice Roberts in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle (07-411) is available here.
