United States Ninth Circuit

In a claim for tortious interference with a business expectancy and tortious interference with contractual relations, the compensatory damage award to plaintiff is affirmed; however, the punitive damages are constitutionally disproportionate to the harm found.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/10/2005
• Decided 07/13/2005
• Published 07/13/2005

Judges

• NOONAN, Circuit Judge., Before REINHARDT, NOONAN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tom Q. Ferguson, Tulsa, OK, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant Southern Union Company., Barry Richard, Tallahassee, Florida, Elliot H. Scherker, Miami, FL, E. Jeffrey Walsh and Robert A. Mandel, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, and Julissa Rodriguez, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for defendant-appellant-appellee James M. Irvin.