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PACIFIC MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. HASLIP, 499 U.S. 1 (1991)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Punitive Damages, Torts

499 U.S. 1 111 S.Ct. 1032 113 L.Ed.2d 1 PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Cleopatra HASLIP et al. No. 89-1279. Argued Oct. 3, 1990. Decided March 4, 1991. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — DUE PROCESS — PUNITIVE DAMAGES. A punitive damages award that was more than four times the amount of compensatory damages claimed […]

HONDA MOTOR CO. v. OBERG, 512 U.S. 415 (1994)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Punitive Damages, Torts

512 U.S. 415 512 U.S. 415114 S.Ct. 2331129 L.Ed.2d 336 HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., et al., Petitioners,v.Karl L. OBERG. No. 93-644. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 20, 1994. Decided June 24, 1994. Syllabus * After finding petitioner Honda Motor Co., Ltd., liable for injuries respondent Oberg received while driving a three-wheeled all-terrain […]

J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127 (1994)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Gender Equality

511 U.S. 127 114 S.Ct. 1419 128 L.Ed.2d 89 J.E.B., Petitioner v. ALABAMA ex rel. T.B. No. 92-1239. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 2, 1993. Decided April 19, 1994. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] The Supreme Court of the United States held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror’s sex is unconstitutional.J.E.B. […]

Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62 (1991)

Issues: Battered Child Syndrome, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Jury Instructions

502 U.S. 62 112 S.Ct. 475 116 L.Ed.2d 385 Wayne ESTELLE, Warden, Petitioner v. Mark Owen McGUIRE. No. 90-1074. Argued Oct. 9, 1991. Decided Dec. 4, 1991. Headnotes: Admission of evidence of battered child syndrome — Jury instructions: Neither admission of prior injury evidence as proof of battered child syndrome nor jury instruction as to […]