Legal Backgrounders

March 25, 2005

Legal Backgrounders

Supreme Court Should Evaluate Impact Of Punitive Damages On Entire Trial Process

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By James Dabney Miller, a partner with the law firm King & Spalding LLP in its Washington, D.C. office.

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