Agnew v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
254 F.2d 263 · 1958
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Epperson · National Alfalfa Dehydrating & Milling Co. v. Sorensen · Glendenning Motorways, Inc. v. Anderson · Zimmerman v. Mathews Trucking Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“This Court has consistently adhered to the proposition that the responsibility for keeping jury awards within reasonable bounds is essentially that of the trial courts and not of this Court.' 33 'In National Alfala Dehydrating & Mill. Co. v. Sorensen, supra, ( 203 F.2d 868 ) adhering to the prior decisions of this court and the controlling rule with reference to the right to review the question of the alleged excessiveness of a verdict in a tort case, we said: 34”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * * no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court in the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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