Results tagged “Justice Stevens”

"I won't take issue with the characterization of Justice Stevens as the Court's most reliable liberal in most areas, but it's worth noting that Justice Stevens was also the author of one of the most business-friendly decisions issued by the Supreme Court in the past few decades: BMW v. Gore. That was the case in which the Supreme Court first recognized a federal constitutional limitation on excessive punitive damages. Justice Stevens also joined the majority when the Supreme Court further developed those limitations in State Farm v. Campbell. As readers of this blog are aware, the application of those two opinions in the lower courts has saved American businesses billions of dollars."

Attorney Curt Cutting, a partner at the well-known California appellate firm of Horvitz and Levy, in his California Punitive Damages blog.