Melvin K. Rowlett, Sr. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that \the state of mind necessary to trigger liability for the wrong is at least as culpable as that required to make punitive damages applicable\
• holding that, even though a jurisdiction may authorize punitive damages in cases requiring proof of intentional wrongdoing, \[t]hat does not mean that punitive damages are appropriate in every [such] case\
• “in many cases the fact that the member of the protected class was treated differently from other similarly placed employees is enough”
• discharge occurring 9 months after the filing of a race discriminatory charge was sufficient to create an inference of retaliation
• punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 available where defendant’s conduct is motivated by evil motive or involves reckless indifference to federally protected rights
• “a rich defendant may well be required to pay more than a poor one who committed the same wrong.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).