Janet Bogle, Sherri Bowers v. William McClure, Mary Jamerson Ward

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• concluding that a punitive damages award for racial discrimination in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit did not violate due process
• noting that punitive to compensatory ratio “in the neighborhood of 4:1” does not violate due process
• affirming a $1.9 million punitive damages award ac- companying a $500,000 damages award for emotional distress
• finding a lack of “record evidence” to “indicate that [defendants] were in fact motivated, at least in part, by objectively valid reasons”
• to overcome qualified immunity, a plaintiff must demonstrate “that the defendant’s alleged actions violated a constitutional or statutory right”
• upholding punitive award of $1,900,000

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