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· 3/17/1958

Sykes v. Chairman of the District of Columbia Parole Board

Citations

  • 356 U.S. 914
  • 78 S. Ct. 668
  • 2 L. Ed. 2d 586
  • 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1372

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  • affirming award at 11%, where the average interest rate for 3-month T-bills was 11.125% and the average daily prime lending rate was 15.45%
  • noting, in a property damage case, that “[u]nderlying policy considerations of uniformity and fairness ... support application of comparative fault principles rather than the all or nothing approach of Ryan”

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