BAINS LLC v. ARCO PRODUCTS CO.

Nos. 02-35906, 02-35993.

405 F.3d 764 (2005)

BAINS LLC, dba Flying B, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, a division of Atlantic Richfield Co., Defendant-Appellant. Bains LLC, dba Flying B, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arco Products Company, a division of Atlantic Richfield Co., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott W. Fowkes (argued and briefed) and Richard C. Godfrey (briefed), Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, and Michael Reiss (briefed) and Paula Lehmann (briefed), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, for the appellant.

Erik J. Heipt (argued and briefed) and Edwin S. Budge (briefed), Budge & Heipt, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the appellee.

Before KLEINFELD, GOULD, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

This is a punitive damages case involving nominal compensatory damages brought by a corporation for racial discrimination.

Facts

This case went to trial before a jury, so we state the facts and interpret the evidence most favorably to the party that was successful at trial.1

The facts are well laid out in the published decision of the district court.2 In 1999...

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