Legal Opinion
Robertson Oil Company, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1993No. 91-3717PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Phillips Petroleum Company appeals from a district court1 order refusing to vacate two punitive damage awards — $4,000,000 for tor-*361tious interference with a business relationship and $4,000,000 for fraud — after the remand we ordered in Robertson Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 930 F.2d 1342 (8th Cir.1991). Phillips now argues that the district court erred in reviewing the punitive damage awards by applying the Arkansas “shock the conscience” standard because that standard does not constrain the jury’s discretion when awarding punitive damages so as to satisfy…
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