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EXXON SHIPPING CO. v. BAKER

No. 07-219.

128 S.Ct. 2605 (2008)

554 U.S. 471

171 L.Ed.2d 570

EXXON SHIPPING COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. Grant BAKER et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Dellinger, Washington, DC, for petitioners.

Jeffrey L. Fisher, for respondents.

E. Edward Bruce, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., Walter Dellinger, Counsel of Record, John F. Daum, Charles C. Lifland, Jonathan D. Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation.

James vanR. Springer, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, DC, Brian B. O'Neill, Faegre & Benson LLP, Minneapolis, MN, David W. Oesting, Counsel of Record, Stephen M. Rummage, David C. Tarshes, Jeffrey L. Fisher, David Wright Tremaine LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Respondents.

There are three questions of maritime law before us: whether a shipowner may be liable for punitive damages without acquiescence in the actions causing harm, whether punitive damages have been barred implicitly by federal statutory law making no provision for them, and whether the award of $2.5...

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