Fust v. Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that limits on punitive damages in common law causes of action do not violate separation of powers
• holding that limits on punitive damages in common law causes of action do not violate separation of powers
• holding that requiring 50 percent of a punitive damage judgment to go to state \does not employ suspect classifications or impinge on fundamental rights ...\
• holding “[i]t is sufficient that the funding mechanism is reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose of the bill”
• holding “[i]t is sufficient that the funding mechanism is reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose of the bill”
• rejecting takings challenge to split-recovery statute on ground that plaintiff has no vested property interest in punitive damages claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).