In Exxon Shipping Company V

Multiple Choice

In Exxon Shipping Company v.Baker,the case in the text,the U.S.Supreme Court decided that the jury's award of $2.5 billion in punitive damages coupled with $507.5 million in compensatory damages was:

A) excessive as a matter of maritime common law.
B) excessive because the jury did not have a rational basis for the awarded amount.
C) appropriate because punitive damages are meant to punish.
D) appropriate because the jury's method of calculating punitive damages was reasonable.