At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, actions of note included: Enhancement discretion. The court granted review in People v. Applying the Supreme Court’s January decision in People v. 5th 688, the majority thought the trial court had more limited options than the dissent did. Punitive damages reversal.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A trial court in Arizona agreed that Bassett was entitled to a hearing. On appeal, however, the Arizona Supreme Court denied Bassett’s request for a hearing and dismissed his petition for post-conviction relief.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

The Ohio Supreme Court had rejected what should be Oberlin College’s final appeal of a verdict in favor of Gibson’s Bakery. Oberlin maintained in court filings that the son and grandson of the owners of Gibson’s Bakery “violently and unreasonably attacked” an unarmed student, but that is not how the police viewed it.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

The Senate’s amendment added that in a civil action based on violating the bill, “[The] plaintiff may recover from the person: (A) Compensatory damages; (B) Punitive damages; and (C) Reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and expenses.”

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

Now, an appellate court has upheld a $25 million judgment against the small college and Oberlin earned every penny of that penalty. Oberlin maintained in court filings that the son and grandson of the owners of Gibson’s Bakery “violently and unreasonably attacked” an unarmed student, but that is not how the police viewed it.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. In 1968, the California Supreme Court expanded NIED claims in Dillon v. They could also seek punitive damages in such a case.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2023

Should he be charged with contempt and/or convicted on one or more of the 34 felony charges, you can bet that Trump will appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court. Because of this sort of flagrant abuse a jury could award substantial punitive damages as well. And on the eve before this hearing, E.

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