Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams
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Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 549 U.S. 346 (2007), 556 U.S. 178 (2009), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment limits punitive damages, and ordered a lower court to reconsider its damages awards on that basis.
Quick Facts Philip Morris USA v. Williams, Argued October 31, 2006 Decided February 20, 2007 ...
Philip Morris USA v. Williams | |
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Argued October 31, 2006 Decided February 20, 2007 | |
Full case name | Philip Morris USA, Petitioner v. Mayola Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jesse D. Williams, Deceased |
Docket nos. | 05-1256 07-1216 |
Citations | 549 U.S. 346 (more) 127 S. Ct. 1057; 166 L. Ed. 2d 940; 2007 U.S. LEXIS 1332; 75 U.S.L.W. 4101; CCH Prod. Liab. Rep. ¶ 17,676; 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 80 |
Case history | |
Subsequent | On remand, 176 P.3d 1255, 344 Or. 45 (2008), cert. granted in part, 553 U.S. 1093 (2008), cert. dismissed as improvidently granted, 556 U.S. 178 (2009) |
Holding | |
Due Process bars punitive damages for harm caused to individuals not involved in the litigation. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Souter, Alito |
Dissent | Stevens |
Dissent | Thomas |
Dissent | Ginsburg, joined by Scalia, Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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