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STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
COMPANY, PETITIONER v. INEZ PREECE CAMPBELL and MATTHEW C. BARNECK, special administrator and personal representative of the ESTATE OF CURTIS B. CAMPBELL
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF UTAH
[April 7, 2003]
Justice Thomas, dissenting.
I would affirm the judgment below because I continue to believe that the Constitution does not constrain the size of punitive damages awards. Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424, 443 (2001) (Thomas, J., concurring) (citing BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559, 599 (1996) (Scalia, J., joined by Thomas, J., dissenting)). Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.