United States Ninth Circuit
Baker v. Exxon Mobile Corp., 04-35182
In an action for property damage based on an oil spill caused by Defendant's tanker, the District Court's order awarding post-judgment interest on punitive damages starting in 2008 is reversed, where the Supreme Court "meaningfully ascertained" Plaintiffs' entitlement to punitive damages in 1996, and thus that was the proper date from which to start the post-judgment interest.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/15/2008
- Submitted 12/15/2008
- Decided 06/15/2009
- Published 06/15/2009
Judges
- Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey L. Fisher, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Stanford, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees-appellants., Jonathan Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellants-appellees.