James K. Lee v. Michael Edwards

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that where compensatory damages are in actuality nominal “a much higher ratio can be contemplated while maintaining normal respiration.”
• holding that, when compensatory damages are nominal, “a much higher ratio [of punitive damages to compensatory damages] can be contemplated”
• holding that, when compensatory damages are nominal, ‘a much higher ratio [of punitive damages to compensatory damages] can be contemplated’
• holding that “the costs of litigation to vindicate rights is an appropriate element to consider in justifying a punitive damages award”
• recognizing that punitive damages seek to deter and that deterrence is “directly related” to whether the defendant is able to pay
• noting that a punitive damages award over 500 times greater than a compensatory damages award could be reasonable where the compensatory damages are nominal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

120 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Provost v. City of Newburgh
  Second Circuit· 2001-08-17· cited 333×
• Saunders v. Branch Banking and Trust Co. of VA
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 270×
• Mary Ann Luciano v. The Olsten Corporation Frank N. Liguori Gordon J. Bingham Martin Gelerman
  Second Circuit· 1997-03-21· cited 245×
• Patterson v. Balsamico
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-27· cited 194×
• Peggy Kimzey, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-03-26· cited 186×
• Turley v. ISG Lackawanna, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2014-12-17· cited 184×
• Mathie v. Fries
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-31· cited 173×
• Stampf v. Long Island Railroad
  Second Circuit· 2014-07-30· cited 133×
• Mendez v. County of San Bernardino
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-08-27· cited 126×
• Payne v. Jones
  Second Circuit· 2013-02-15· cited 103×
• Bracey v. Board Of Education Of City Of Bridgeport
  Second Circuit· 2004-05-11· cited 96×
• Deffenbaugh-Williams v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-09-24· cited 95×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Appellee/ Joseph Carlton, Intervening v. Harbert-Yeargin, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-09-21· cited 88×
• Johansen v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-04-01· cited 72×
• DiSorbo v. Hoy
  Second Circuit· 2003-08-29· cited 65×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1999-06-28· cited 63×
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum
  First Circuit· 2011-09-16· cited 60×
• Casciola v. F.S. Air Service, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-09-23· cited 55×
• Mugavero v. ARMS ACRES, INC.
  S.D. New York· 2010-01-15· cited 51×
• Mendez-Matos v. Municipality of Guaynabo
  First Circuit· 2009-02-24· cited 48×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2,781×
• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Brower Ex Rel. Estate of Caldwell v. County of Inyo
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-21· cited 1,476×
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-04· cited 1,406×
• Mark Cook v. Roberta Sheldon and Nelson Saldana, New York State Troopers
  Second Circuit· 1994-12-02· cited 347×
• Fink v. Golenbock
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-23· cited 275×
• Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road Company
  Second Circuit· 1961-03-24· cited 237×
• Thomas Zarcone v. William M. Perry, James Windsor, Robert J. Anderson and Patrick Giambalvo
  Second Circuit· 1978-03-03· cited 151×
• Markey v. Santangelo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-22· cited 148×
• Arnold R. Vasbinder v. Basil Y. Scott and Richard M. Switzer
  Second Circuit· 1992-09-30· cited 116×
• McHale v. W.B.S. Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-06-22· cited 105×
• Ismail v. Cohen
  Second Circuit· 1990-03-27· cited 96×
• Edward King, Also Known as Edward Kerr v. Michael MacRi Edward Kondek, Rudolf Marrero, Ann Tyler
  Second Circuit· 1993-05-05· cited 84×
• Tingley Systems, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Norse Systems, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1995-03-13· cited 72×
• Patton v. TIC United Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-02-16· cited 54×
• Hughes v. Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n of New York, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1988-06-15· cited 45×
• Phelan v. Local 305 of United Ass'n of Journeymen
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-25· cited 28×