Diana L. Mason, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Otis W. Mason, Deceased v. Texaco, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the district court may reconsider an issue and disregard the appellate court mandate if the subsequent trial produces substantially different evidence”
• reducing a punitive damage award of $25 million by one-half because it shocked the court's conscience, but upholding the jury's liability determination because there was no evidence it was tainted
• “A punitive damage claim is not an independent cause of action or issue separate from the balance of a plaintiff's case.”
• “The doctrine of law of the case comes into play only with respect to issues previously determined.”
• “Among the law of the case rules is the obligation of every court to honor the rulings of a court that stands higher in the hierarchical judicial structure.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).