Alabama Compensatory Damages Punitive Damages 
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 14, 2021
involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. The court also called for the views of the solicitor general (a so-called CVSG) in Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 27 and Oct.
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DECEMBER 3, 2023
Gore , striking down a punitive damage award. The case involved the practice of the company to repair and repaint cars damaged in transit without telling the customers. Even though the Alabama Supreme Court previously reduced the punitive award by half, the U.S. In the Trump case, the banks made money.
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Alabama Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to TVA Environmental Review of Rate Changes for Distributed Energy. The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Oceana, Inc. Ross , No. 1:12-cv-00041 (D.D.C.
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For example, in 1996, the justices limited state-awards of punitive damages under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In that case, BMW was found to have repainted luxury cars damaged in transit without telling buyers. Even when the Alabama Supreme Court reduced that to $2 million, the U.S.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2021
involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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