Legal Opinion
Bains LLC v. ARCO Products Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2005No. 02-35906, 02-35993PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 an Olympic Pipeline Company petroleum pipeline ruptured, interfering with the transportation of fuel from refineries in Northwest Washington to a distribution center in Seattle. It took two years to fix the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Desert Palace, Inc. v. CostaSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Michael Woods v. City of GreensboroCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017
- Bains LLC v. Arco Products Co., Div. of Atlantic Richfield Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- In Re: The Exxon Valdez, Grant Baker Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc. Cook Inlet Processors, Inc. Sagaya Corp. William McMurren Patrick L. McMurren William W. King George C. Norris Hunter Cranz No. 04-35182 Richard Feenstra Wilderness Sailing Safaris Seafood Sales, Inc. Rapid Systems Pacific Ltd. Nautilus Marine Enterprises, Inc. William Findlay Abbott, Jr. v. Exxon Mobile Corp Exxon Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Grassilli v. BarrCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- In re Exxon ValdezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
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