Legal Opinion
Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 2008No. 07-219PublishedCited by 1,411 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
There are three questions of maritime law before us: whether a shipowner may be liable for punitive damages *476without acquiescence in the actions causing harm, whether punitive damages have been barred implicitly by federal statutory law making no provision for them, and whether the award of $2.5 billion in this case is greater than maritime law should allow in the circumstances. We are equally divided on the owner’s derivative liability, and hold that the federal statutory law does not bar a punitive award on top of damages for economic loss, but that the award here should be limited to an…
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