Legal Opinion
Southern Union Co. v. Southwest Gas Corp.
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided August 1, 2003No. CV991294-PHXROSPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order
SILVER, District Judge.
On December 18, 2002, after a jury trial of nearly two months, the jury returned a verdict for Plaintiff Southern Union Company against Arizona Corporation Commissioner James Irvin, the only remaining Defendant at the conclusion of trial, and assessed a punitive damages award of $60,000,000. Southern Union prevailed on two causes of action, intentional interference with business expectancy and intentional interference with contractual relations, both arising from Irvin’s activities generally in 1999 which caused the failure of an attempted merger between Southern…
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