''Honda Motor Company v. Oberg'', 512 U.S. 415 (1994), was a

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case in which the Court held that an

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to the Oregon state constitution disallowing

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of the size of

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was a violation of

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In a products liability action,

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was found

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for injuries received by the plaintiff in an ATV accident. Honda was liable for a $5 million punitive damage award, and both the state appellate court and the

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tradition that was critical in protecting against arbitrary deprivations of property, and that Oregon had not instituted a substitute procedure to maintain these protections.Varat, p. 358

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