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PHILIP MORRIS USA v. WILLIAMS

No. 05-1256.

127 S.Ct. 1057 (2007)

549 U.S. 346

166 L.Ed.2d 940

PHILIP MORRIS USA, Petitioner, v. Mayola WILLIAMS, Personal Representative of Estate of Jesse D. Williams, Deceased.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey , New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Robert S. Peck , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Kenneth S. Geller , Evan M. Tager , Nickolai G. Levin , Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, DC, William F. Gary , Sharon A. Rudnick , Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C., Eugene, OR, Andrew L. Frey , Andrew H. Schapiro , Lauren R. Goldman , Daniel B. Kirschner , Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, New York, NY, Murray R. Garnick , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

James S. Coon , Raymond F. Thomas , Swanson Thomas & Coon, Portland, OR, William A. Gaylord , Gaylord Eyerman Bradley, P.C., Portland, OR, Robert S. Peck , Ned Miltenberg Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, DC, Charles S. Tauman , Charles S. Tauman, P.C., Portland, OR, Maureen Leonard , Portland, OR, Kathryn H. Clarke , Portland, OR, for Respondent.

The question we address today concerns a large state-court punitive damages award. We are asked whether the Constitution's Due Process Clause permits a jury to base that award in part upon its desire to punish the defendant for harming persons who are not before the court (e.g., victims...

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