1.   The inequity of the punishment led many people to believe that the defendant was being punished for his political beliefs.

2.   Civil attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill said punitive damages, by law, are supposed to punish a defendant, but not destroy him financially.

3.   Forfeiture did not truly punish the defendants since they had no right to keep the property.

4.   Lawyers for Exxon and Hazelwood said the award of punitive damages, which are meant to punish defendants for harmful behavior, were unfair and they planned appeals.

5.   Never before had an American court allowed defendants to be punished by banishment.

6.   Punitive damages are meant to punish a defendant for past actions.

7.   Punitive damages are intended to punish the defendant and to discourage further offenses.

8.   Punitive damages are those intended to punish a defendant for its conduct.

9.   Punitive damages are awarded by juries on top of actual damages to express outrage or punish defendants for flagrant misconduct.

10.   The cap seeks to limit the damages imposed to punish a defendant found to have acted with malice.