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Although the Supreme Court identified three guideposts for evaluating whether a punitive award is unconstitutionally excessive 23 years ago in BMW v. Gore and refined those guideposts 16 years ago in State Farm v.
A bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of California recently issued a decision that is sure to raise appellate eyebrows.
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