United States Eleventh Circuit

In a suit for fraudulent billing practices and the collection of illegal gambling debts in violation of federal RICO statutes, a jury's punitive award of $1M is reversed where the award is constitutionally excessive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2004
• Published 12/27/2004

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, BARKETT and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• C. LeeAnn McCurry, Norman L. Underwood, William N. Withrow, Jr., Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, Wyck A. Knox, Jr., Joseph H. Huff, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Augusta, GA, Ted Hamby Clarkson, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Sewanee, TN, for AT&T., Leroy W. Brigham, John C. Bell, Jr., Bell & James, Augusta, GA, for Kemp.