Oregon Law Review : Vol. 87 No. 2, p.637-670 : Punitives, Damaged: The Troubling Due Process Implications of Philip Morris v. Williams and the Case for a Sounder Approach to Litigating Third- Party Harm
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2008
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University of Oregon School of Law
Zusammenfassung
Part I of this Comment summarizes the history of punitive damages
jurisprudence leading up to the conflict in Philip Morris. Part II
discusses the factual and procedural history of Philip Morris and
explains the Supreme Court’s holding in the case. Part III analyzes
the Court’s reasoning and the problems it presents upon real-world
application. Part IV concludes this Comment by briefly discussing an
alternative approach that is both clearer than the Court’s standard and
more protective of a defendant’s rights under the Due Process Clause.
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33 p.