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· 6/19/1989

Derance, Inc., a Wisconsin Not for Profit Corporation v. Painewebber Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, and Paul Sarnoff

Citations

  • 872 F.2d 1312

How courts have described this case

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  • reducing $20 million punitive damages award to $7 million against company and letting $500,000 in punitive damages stand against individual responsible for most of the fraud
  • punitive damages in Haslip of more than four times compensatory damages was close to the line of constitutional limits

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Judges: Easterbrook, Ripple, Manion

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