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· 4/14/1999

Carl Morse v. Southern Union Company, a Delaware Corporation

Citations

  • 174 F.3d 917
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 7199
  • 76 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 46,086
  • 79 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1317
  • 1999 WL 212844

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • upholding close to a 1:6 ratio where the compensatory award was only $70,000
  • “It was the jury’s function to consider the competing evidence and the competing views of that evidence.”
  • listing larger punitive damages awards upheld to deter employment discrimination
  • listing larger punitive damages awards upheld to deter employment discrimination
  • considering net worth of defendant as relevant to the analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bowman, Fagg, Hansen

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