State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Campbell — Ginsburg, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Ginsburg dissenting argues the Court lacks warrant to reform state law governing punitive damages awards under substantive due process. She emphasizes that prior cases recognized state flexibility and that the trial record supported the reprehensibility of State Farm's corporate schemes. Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas separately dissented, expressing the view that the Constitution imposes no limits on punitive damages.