Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Crenshaw (1988) 486 U.S. 71 [108 S.Ct. 1645, 100 L.Ed.2d 62].

Holding state statute that required unsuccessful appellants from money judgments to pay a penalty did not violate Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, since it was reasonably tailored to achieve the state's objectives of discouraging frivolous appeals, compensating appellees for intangible costs of litigation, and conserving judicial resources. The court declined to reach the petitioner's claims that the punitive damages award violated the Due Process, Contract, and Excessive Fines Clauses of the Federal Constitution, since those claims were not raised in or decided by the state court below.

We appeared as amicus curiae counsel on behalf of the National Association of Independent Insurers in support of petitioner.

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