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Speech Regulation: Why An Injunction Should Be Permissible Under Workplace Discrimination But Is Problematic Under Defamation, Sarah Shyr
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
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The Boundary-Line Function Of The Economic Loss Rule, Vincent R. Johnson
The Boundary-Line Function Of The Economic Loss Rule, Vincent R. Johnson
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Common Law Punitive Damages: Something For Everyone?, Doug Rendleman
Common Law Punitive Damages: Something For Everyone?, Doug Rendleman
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Common law punitive damages have some feature that will get everyone's goat: a civil court meting out quasi-criminal punishment; a sanction, punishment, imposed after mere civil procedure; a civil jury stretching imprecise instructions into Robin Hood justice; a private plaintiff receiving a windfall that exceeds any reasonable estimate of loss; and, finally, the Supreme Court wielding the discredited doctrine of substantive due process. This article will examine the preceding fault lines and the countervailing considerations, devoting more attention to substantive due process than the others. It will then turn to Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, and include some modest …