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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 23 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip.

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1 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip Anchor
scotus · 1991
green “draw a mathematical bright line between the constitutionally acceptable and the constitutionally unacceptable that would fit every case.” 12
2 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
scotus · 1991
green “we need not, and indeed we cannot, draw a mathematical bright line between the constitutionally acceptable and the constitutionally unacceptable that would fit every case.” 8
3 Davis v. Celotex Corp.
wva · 1992
green “it seems highly illogical and unfair for courts to determine at what point punitive damage awards should cease.” 3

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