clear or manifest error
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 308 U.S. 463 - Sancho v. Texas Co · 1940Most cited · 241 citing opinions
For to justify reversal in such cases, the error must be clear or manifest; the interpretation must be inescapably wrong; the decision must be patently erroneous.
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