Legal Opinion
Sherri Finley v. Empiregas Inc. Of Potosi, a Delaware Corp. Empire Gas Corporation, a Missouri Corporation, State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1994No. 93-2218PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*783BEAM, Circuit Judge.
The district court, following the dictates of Mo.Rev.Stat. § 537.675, awarded the State of Missouri a portion of the punitive damages Sherri Finley won on her Missouri Human Rights Act claim against Empiregas Inc. of Potosi and Empire Gas Corp. (collectively “Empiregas).1 Finley challenges the constitutionality of the Missouri punitive damages statute and claims that the district court lacked jurisdiction to award any part of the punitive damages to the State. Because we find that the Missouri statute precludes the State’s recovery in this case, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
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