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BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES v. KELCO DISPOSAL

No. 88-556.

492 U.S. 257 (1989)

BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT, INC., ET AL. v. KELCO DISPOSAL, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Kenneth S. Geller, Mark I. Levy, James D. Holzhauer, Andrew J. Pincus, and J. Paul McGrath.

H. Bartow Farr III argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Joel I. Klein, Paul M. Smith, Robert B. Hemley, and Norman Williams.*

JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

We face here the questions whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment applies to a civil-jury award of punitive or exemplary damages, and, if so, whether an award of $6 million was excessive in this particular case.1 This Court has never held, or even intimated, that the Eighth Amendment...

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