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Brief of Akhil Reed Amar and Arthur McEvoy as Amici Curiae<\/em> in Support of Respondent<\/strong>, filed on Sept. 15, 2006, in Philip Morris USA v. Williams<\/em>, No. 05-1256 (U.S. Supreme Court) (a case raising constitutional issues pertaining to the common-law tort remedy of exemplary or punitive damages), and related materials.<\/strong>Copy of brief, here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Materials from earlier U.S. Supreme Court cases cited in the brief: <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Copy of 1996 amicus<\/em> brief by Professors Amar and McEvoy, et. al., in Gasperini v. The Center for Humanities<\/em>, 517 U.S. 1102 (1996), here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Copy of 1994 amicus<\/em> brief by Professor McEvoy, et al., in Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg<\/em>, 512 U.S. 415 (1994), here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3.Copy of 1994 amicus<\/em> brief by Dean Erwin Griswold, et al., in Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg<\/em>, 512 U.S. 415 (1994), here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Copy of transcript of oral argument in Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg<\/em>, 512 U.S. 415 (1994), held Apr. 20, 1994, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1830 article cited in brief<\/strong>: Theron Metcalf, A Reading on Damages in Actions Ex Delicto<\/em>, 3 Am. Jurist & Law Mag. 287 (1830), here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three editions of Theodore Sedgwick’s treatise on damages cited in brief<\/strong>, A Treatise on the Measure of Damages:<\/em><\/p>\n

1st edition, 1847, Chapters 1, 18, 24, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2nd edition, 1852, Chapters 1, 18, 26, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3rd edition, 1858 (last edition before his death), complete treatise, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Simon Greenleaf’s discussion of damages in all 16 editions of his evidence treatise<\/strong>, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence<\/em> (material appears in Vol. 2, sections 253 to 278, of each edition) (only some of the editions are cited in the brief):<\/p>\n

1st edition, 1846, here<\/a>.
\n2nd edition, 1848, here<\/a>.
\n3rd edition, 1850, here<\/a>.
\n4th edition, 1852, here<\/a>.
\n5th edition, 1854, here<\/a>.
\n6th edition, 1856, here<\/a>.
\n7th edition, 1858, here<\/a>.
\n8th edition, 1859, here<\/a>.
\n9th edition, 1863, here<\/a>.
\n10th edition, 1868, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(No update of this material for 11th or 12th editions; only Vol. 1 was updated)<\/p>\n

13th edition, 1876, here<\/a>.
\n14th edition, 1883, here<\/a>.
\n15th edition, 1892, here<\/a>.
\n16th edition, 1899, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

18th-century English cases cited in brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Beardmore v. Carrington<\/em>, 95 Eng. Rep. 790 (K.B. 1764), here<\/a>.
\n2. Benson v. Frederick<\/em>, 97 Eng. Rep. 1130 (K.B. 1766), here<\/a>.
\n3. Bruce v. Rawlins<\/em>, 95 Eng. Rep. 934 (C.P. 1770), here<\/a>.
\n4. Grey v. Grant<\/em>, 95 Eng. Rep. 794 (C.P. 1764), here<\/a>.
\n5. Huckle v. Money<\/em>, 95 Eng. Rep. 768 (C.P. 1763), here<\/a>.
\n6. Sharpe v. Brice<\/em>, 96 Eng. Rep. 557 (C.P. 1774), here<\/a>.
\n7. Tullidge v. Wade<\/em>, 95 Eng. Rep. 909 (C.P. 1769), here<\/a>.
\n8. Wilkes v. Wood<\/em>, 98 Eng. Rep. 489 (C.P. 1763), here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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