remittitur

• “Yesterday's term was remittitur, which is defined as:”

  Sui Generis--a New York law blog:

• “It's called "remittitur," and it's an ancient common law power of judges, who see the actual evidence unfold at trial, to curb the occasional over-enthusiastic jury.”

  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

• “In Minnesota, Judge Michael Davis used a different legal approach called remittitur to lower Jammie Thomas-Rasset's liability from $1.9 million to $2,250 per song.”

  Ars Technica

• “One, called remittitur would have required the RIAA to consent to a reduced verdict, which, obviously, they would not do.”

  The Consumerist

• “As one of the dissenting justices wrote, the majority's view is "unsupported" by the origins and history of judicial remittitur, which is a judicially created remedy for unreasonably high damages.”

  The Heritage Foundation Papers

• “The justices claimed that the law limiting damages violated the "separation of power" between the judicial and legislative branches by interfering with the judiciary's right of "remittitur," which is the ability of judges to disregard or reduce the amount of a jury verdict.”

  The Heritage Foundation Papers

• “Instead of cutting down the damages through "remittitur”

  Ars Technica

• “Cooley said Espinoza, the supervising judge of the L.A. County Superior Court's criminal division, would not have jurisdiction until after the issuance of a "remittitur," the legal term for an appeal's transmittal of a case back to the trial court.”

  Variety.com

• “The best Tort reform would be to tax PUNITIVE damages at a 90% rate, and removing remittitur would be nice.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Overgeneralizations About Courts:

• “The best Tort reform would be to tax PUNITIVE damages at a 90% rate, and removing remittitur would benice.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Overgeneralizations About Courts:

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