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HONDA MOTOR CO. v. OBERG

No. 93-644.

512 U.S. 415 (1994)

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., et al. v. OBERG

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Kenneth S. Geller, Charles A. Rothfeld, Evan M. Tager, Thomas W. Brown, Jeffrey R. Brooke, and Paul G. Cereghini.

Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were William A. Gaylord, Kenneth J. Chesebro, Michael H. Gottesman, and Raymond F. Thomas.*

Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 435. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., joined, p. 436.

Justice Stevens, delivered the opinion of the Court.

An amendment to the Oregon Constitution prohibits judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awarded by a jury "unless the court can affirmatively say there is no evidence to support the verdict." The question presented is whether that prohibition is consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We hold that it is not.

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