Important Recent Court Decisions

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Prohibition on Resale Price Maintenance Stuck Down
In Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. DBA Kays Kloset … KaysShoes, The U.S. Supreme Court stuck down an antitrust rule that made resale price maintenance requirements by manufacturers and distributors illegal ...

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Awards on Non-Physical Injuries are Taxable
Marrita Murphy and Daniel J. Leveille, appellants v. Internal Revenue Service and the United States of America, Appellees On July 3, 2007 a federal appeals court ruled that awards for non-physical “injuries” could be subject to taxation ...

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Punitive Damages: Only Specific, Not General, Deterrence for Punitive Damages Plus Defendant's Financial Condition at the Time of the Injury Not Just the Trial Can be Considered
March 28, 2008. In Tarr v Bob Ciasulli, Mack Auto Mall the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a jury cannot consider general deterrence, deterrence against those other than the defendant, and can only craft an award based upon specific deterrence which focuses only the ...

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Federal: US Supreme Court Reduces Exxon Valdez Punitive Award
In June 2008 the US Supreme Court reduced the $2.5 billion punitive damages award, stemming from the 1989 environmental disaster caused by the oil spill released by the 1,000 foot tanker Exxon Valdez, to $500 million. While the court agreed that punitive damages could be collected, Justice Davi ...

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