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Supreme Court News

By James M. Beck and Mark Herrmann

Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari a third time in Philip Morris v. Williams, the oft appealed case involing a punitive damages award in the range of 100-1. See the order here (third page of PDF). The grant is limited, however, to the first issue, which is quite limited - it's only whether a state court can supersede a constitutional ruling by the Supreme Court on the basis of a previously unconsidered procedural ground. The Court declined to take the broader question of excessiveness.

The Supreme Court also issued a partial argument list for the October Term. Wyeth v. Levine is notable by its absence from this list. The first argument on the list, leading off on 10/6/08, is an interesting tobacco quasi-product liability case, Altria v. Good, concerning preemption and "light cigarette" marketing litigation.

Thanks to SCOTUSBlog for both of these links.

Full post as published by Drug and Device Law on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).

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