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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. West Virginia v. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v.

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. West Virginia v. The court also called for the views of the solicitor general (a so-called CVSG) in Epic Systems Corp v. 27 and Oct.