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WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW
3/13/2013 7:48 PM
[Vol. 88:1
PROLOGUE ............................................................................................. 3 I. ACT I—THE DRAMA BEGINS ..................................................... 7 A. The Protagonists..................................................................... 11 B. The Argument ........................................................................ 14 C. The Initial Conference ........................................................... 18 D. The Second Conference ......................................................... 21 E. Brennan Takes Charge ........................................................... 23 F. Counting to Five..................................................................... 27 G. Powell’s Problems.................................................................. 29 H. Powell’s Dissent—Take One ................................................. 32 I. The Undecided ....................................................................... 34 J. The Fight for White................................................................ 36 K. Strange Company ................................................................... 37 L. Two Questions ....................................................................... 39 II. ACT II—THE END OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND THE MEDIA/NONMEDIA DISTINCTION? ......................................... 42 A. Powell Prepares for Reargument ............................................ 42 B. The Reargument and Conference ........................................... 46 C. The Battle Resumes ............................................................... 52 D. Powell’s Folly ....................................................................... 56 E. Waiting for White .................................................................. 59 III. ACT III—THE ASSAULT ON SULLIVAN AND THE “PUBLIC/PRIVATE” DISTINCTION ........................................... 64 A. White’s Bombshell ................................................................. 64 B. Powell’s Appeasement ........................................................... 67 C. White’s Reaction .................................................................... 69 D. Settling for a Plurality ............................................................ 71 E. Enter Justice Rehnquist .......................................................... 73 IV. ACT IV—DEFENDING SULLIVAN AND REGRETTING GERTZ............................................................................................. 76 A. The Contours of Compromise ................................................ 76 B. Brennan Strikes Back ............................................................. 79 C. Enter Justice Stevens .............................................................. 83 D. White Responds and Powell Reacts ....................................... 85 E. The Chief Justice .................................................................... 86 V. ACT V—LITTLE ADO ABOUT SOMETHING? ......................... 90 A. Brennan Regroups .................................................................. 90 B. Powell Reworks ..................................................................... 91 C. Brennan’s Final Retreat ......................................................... 93 D. The Chief Reappears .............................................................. 97 E. And in the End ....................................................................... 99 EPILOGUE........................................................................................... 101