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20 Feb 2007, 1:10 pm
"High Court Rejects Award in Philip Morris Case": law.com's Tony Mauro provides this news update. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 12:49 pm
Thus, in Philip Morris where some of the instruction may have been interpreted as directing the jury to base the award on harm done to other victims (not the one then in court), this majority seemed hell bent on protecting Philip Morris's "property" from the potentially arbitrary deprivation an excessive damages award would represent. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 8:38 am
The Supreme Court today decided the case of Philip Morris v. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 8:35 am
" And Reuters reports that "Court sets aside award in Philip Morris case. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:44 am
Though I find the Supreme Court's 5-4 work in Philip Morris expanding the constitutional limits on punitive damages to be the biggest "sentencing" decision of the day (basics here), the Court also decided -- also by a 5-4 vote -- a case about statutory limits on federal habeas actions. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:25 am
In the majority opinion written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the court said the verdict could not stand because the jury in the case was not instructed that it could punish Philip Morris only for the harm done to the plaintiff, not to other smokers whose cases were not before it. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:19 am
"  I hope that the Court's continuing willingness to declare unconstitutional specific instances of excessive corporate punishment might, in some way, get extended to its review of cases involving excessive individual punishment. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:16 am
Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber (05-381, download here) Philip Morris USA v. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:03 am
" The Court ruled 5-4 in the case of Philip Morris USA v. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:00 am
Supreme Court tightened the constitutional limits on punitive damages, setting aside a $79.5 million award in a smoker case against Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA unit. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 6:00 am
Philip Morris U.S.A., Inc., ___ Cal.4th ___ (Feb. 15, 2007), the plaintiffs sued several tobacco companies for physical and economic injuries resulting from their addiction to cigarettes and resulting health problems. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 5:29 am
In Philip Morris USA v. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 5:05 am
Here is the Syllabus of the case, which was decided today:SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PHILIP MORRIS USA v. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 2:53 am
The case was decided 5-4.That part of the decision avoiding the issue of "excessive damages" was not unexpected, as I wrote a few months ago (US Supreme Court Hears Punitive Damages Case, Again), as the justices fretted over the jury instructions.The Oregon case, Philip Morris v. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 2:18 am
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down decisions in three cases Tuesday, including Philip Morris USA v. [read post]