Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
| Gasperini v. Center for Humanities | |
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| Argued April 16, 1996 Decided June 24, 1996 | |
| Full case name | William Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc. |
| Citations | 518 U.S. 415 (more) 116 S. Ct. 2211; 135 L. Ed. 2d 659; 1996 U.S. LEXIS 4051 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Judgment for plaintiff, S.D.N.Y.; vacated and remanded for new trial, 66 F.3d 427 (2nd Cir. 1995) |
| Subsequent | On remand, judgment for plaintiff (remittitur); affirmed in part, 149 F.3d 137 (2nd Cir. 1998) |
| Holding | |
| The federal trial court should apply the state law standard for excessiveness of a jury award. The appeals court should not apply the standard due to the Seventh Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Ginsburg, joined by O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, and Breyer |
| Dissent | Stevens |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, and Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. VII; N.Y. Civ. Prac. Law and Rules (CPLR) §5501(c) (1995). | |
Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, 518 U.S. 415 (1996), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court further refined the Erie doctrine regarding when and how federal courts are to apply state law in cases brought under diversity jurisdiction. The Court held that the New York state rule applied.