Legal Opinion
Southern Union Co. v. Southwest Gas Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2005No. 03-16649, 03-16729PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge.
James M. Irvin, a citizen of Arizona, appeals the judgment of the district court in favor of Southern Union Company, a Delaware corporation, on Southern Union’s claims of tortious interference with a business expectancy and tortious interference with contractual relations, as a result of which Southern Union was ultimately awarded $390,072 in compensatory damages and $60,000,000 in punitive damages. Southern Union cross-appeals the district court’s decision to keep its claim of lost profits from the jury.
*1003We hold, first, that the appeals were timely filed; second, that…
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