ELR Citation: ELR 20130
No(s). s. 04-35182, -35183 (9th Cir. Jun 15, 2009)

The Ninth Circuit held that post-judgment interest on the $507.5 million in punitive damages awarded to the plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case will run from the date the judgment was entered—September 12, 1996. Plaintiffs’ entitlement to punitive damages was "meaningfully ascertained"...