Court Opinion

ID: 9434420
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:45:56.43972+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:50.325947
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Justice Scalia,
dissenting.
I adhere to the view expressed in my dissenting opinion in BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U. S. 559, 598-599 (1996), that the Due Process Clause provides no substantive protections against “excessive” or “'unreasonable’” awards of punitive damages. I am also of the view that the punitive damages jurisprudence which has sprung forth from BMW v. Gore is insusceptible of principled application; accordingly, I do not feel justified in giving the case stare deci-sis effect. See id., at 599. I would affirm the judgment of the Utah Supreme Court.