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The Grand Jury In Virginia Sep 1965

The Grand Jury In Virginia

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Discovery Of Prejudicial Pre-Trial Publicity On Voir Dire Sep 1965

Discovery Of Prejudicial Pre-Trial Publicity On Voir Dire

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Courts--Application Of Federal Or State Law To Federal Agency Litigation, Larry Lynn Skeen Feb 1965

Federal Courts--Application Of Federal Or State Law To Federal Agency Litigation, Larry Lynn Skeen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Powers Of Home Rule Cities In Colorado, Howard C. Klemme Jan 1964

The Powers Of Home Rule Cities In Colorado, Howard C. Klemme

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Constitution And Preclusion/Res Judicata, Allan D. Vestal Nov 1963

The Constitution And Preclusion/Res Judicata, Allan D. Vestal

Michigan Law Review

The interrelation of lawsuits is one of the most troublesome, yet least commented upon, areas of the law. The ramifications are great; related lawsuits may be pending concurrently, either brought by the same individual-repetitive litigation--or brought by different parties-reactive litigation. Such lawsuits may occur serially over a period of time. The courts are then faced with problems which have traditionally been discussed in terms of res judicata, bar, merger, or estoppel. It is impossible to cover the whole area or even a sizable part of it in a single article, but it is feasible to examine one facet which certainly …


Compulsory Joinder Of Parties In Civil Actions, John W. Reed Feb 1957

Compulsory Joinder Of Parties In Civil Actions, John W. Reed

Michigan Law Review

Compulsory joinder cases involving interests in land display one peculiar and important characteristic: there is almost never any need in the state courts to wrestle with the question of whether a person is indispensable as distinguished from necessary. One hastens to add that this attribute of land cases appears to have gone largely unnoticed, but it exists none the less. It arises out of the fact that in a suit involving real property it is never impossible for the court to obtain jurisdiction over all persons interested therein to an extent which will enable the court to adjudicate controversies over …


Compulsory Joinder Of Parties In Civil Actions, John W. Reed Jan 1957

Compulsory Joinder Of Parties In Civil Actions, John W. Reed

Articles

The plaintiff in a civil cause ordinarily is permitted to select the persons with whom he will litigate. The initial designation of parties to an action is made by the plaintiff, and if he chooses to sue B and not A,' that is ordinarily of no concern to B or to A or to the court. So also where the plaintiff without A as co-plaintiff sues B. Not always, however, is the plaintiff permitted unfettered choice in naming the parties to his lawsuit. On the one hand there are persons whose relationship to the situation in litigation is outside the …


Pre-Trial In The Courts: An Opinion, Aaron Jacobson Jan 1956

Pre-Trial In The Courts: An Opinion, Aaron Jacobson

Cleveland State Law Review

No claim is made, it is true, that pre-trial is the panacea for what ail the courts. But in adopting it, there seems to have been a haste which has bypassed the usual introspective examination characteristic of our judiciary. A critical examination, as seen by this writer, would take the form of two broad questions: One- Is pre-trial, viewed in the overall perspective of the administration of justice, a healthy additive to the courts? Two- If so, is it an end in itself, or is it simply one of a number of modernizing influences, without all of which it remains …


The Statute Of Limitations In Antitrust Litigation, Carl H. Fulda, Howard C. Klemme Jan 1955

The Statute Of Limitations In Antitrust Litigation, Carl H. Fulda, Howard C. Klemme

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Statute Of Limitations In Antitrust Litigation Ii, Carl H. Fulda, Howard C. Klemme Jan 1955

The Statute Of Limitations In Antitrust Litigation Ii, Carl H. Fulda, Howard C. Klemme

Publications

No abstract provided.


Federal Procedure - Appellate Practice - Duty Of The Court Of Appeals To Grant Rehearings En Banc, Raymond R. Trombadore S.Ed. Feb 1954

Federal Procedure - Appellate Practice - Duty Of The Court Of Appeals To Grant Rehearings En Banc, Raymond R. Trombadore S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In a suit for accounting, petitioners were denied relief in the district court and a division of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed by a two-to-one vote. Petitioners then applied for a rehearing before the court of appeals en bane. With one dissent, the rehearing was denied by the division, and the request that the rehearing be en bane was stricken as "being without authority in law or in the rules or practice of the court.'' Petitioners moved to vacate the order denying the request for a rehearing en bane on the ground that such a request …


Book Review, Carl G. Weygandt Jan 1953

Book Review, Carl G. Weygandt

Cleveland State Law Review

Reviewing Hon. Arthur Vanderbilt, Cases and Other Materials on Modern Procedure and Judicial Administration


Federal Procedure-Jurisdiction-No Appeal Allowed Under Rule 54(B) When Separated Claim Not Final, Wilber M. Brucker, Jr. S.Ed. Dec 1952

Federal Procedure-Jurisdiction-No Appeal Allowed Under Rule 54(B) When Separated Claim Not Final, Wilber M. Brucker, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Flegenheimer sued Manitoba Sugar Co., a Canadian Corporation, in a Vermont state court for breach of an employment contract to gain jurisdiction, Flegenheimer attached parcels of beet pulp which he claimed were the property of the Manitoba Co. After this action was removed to the federal district court, General Mills, Inc., was granted leave to intervene to establish ownership of the beet pulp. The claim of General Mills was dismissed after being heard on the merits. The order dismissing the claim contained a determination that "no just reason for delay" existed, and it therefore directed an "entry of judgment" under …


Federal Procedure-Removal Jurisdiction-Jurisdictional Estoppel, Paul M.D. Harrison S.Ed. Jan 1952

Federal Procedure-Removal Jurisdiction-Jurisdictional Estoppel, Paul M.D. Harrison S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Respondent sued petitioner, a Florida corporation, the Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation, and Joe Reiss, a citizen of Texas, in a Texas state court. The complaint asked for relief in the alternative for a fire loss suffered by respondent On the joint petition of the two corporate defendants, the case was removed to the federal court under section 1441(c) of the United States Judicial Code. Respondent unsuccessfully moved to remand the case, and, after trial of the case to a jury, a judgment in favor of the respondent was awarded against the petitioner alone. Petitioner's motion to …


Congressional Silence And The Supreme Court Apr 1951

Congressional Silence And The Supreme Court

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Labor Law—Injunctions—Jurisdiction Of N. L. R. B. Held Exclusive, Francis W. Greune. Apr 1951

Labor Law—Injunctions—Jurisdiction Of N. L. R. B. Held Exclusive, Francis W. Greune.

Buffalo Law Review

Ryan v. Simons, 277 App. Div. 1000, 100 N. Y. S. 2d 18 (2d Dept. 1950).


Successful Trial Tactics, By A. S. Cutler, Lloyd Paul Stryker Jul 1949

Successful Trial Tactics, By A. S. Cutler, Lloyd Paul Stryker

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Appeal And Error-Right Of Defendant To New Trial Where Plaintiff Is Entitled To All Or None And Verdict Is Intermediate, Bruce L. Moore S.Ed. Jun 1948

Appeal And Error-Right Of Defendant To New Trial Where Plaintiff Is Entitled To All Or None And Verdict Is Intermediate, Bruce L. Moore S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In an action on an express contrast, plaintiff sued for $1750, representing the agreed 5 per cent commission on the sale of real estate. Defendant denied the validity of the contract, and there was no issue as to the amount of liability if liability existed. The instruction to the jury was that plaintiff was entitled to 5 per cent commission if entitled to recover. The jury returned a verdict for $875, half the amount claimed. Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied. Held, although the verdict was unauthorized as to plaintiff, there was no error as to defendant …


Pre-Trial Procedure In Indiana Apr 1947

Pre-Trial Procedure In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

Notes and Comments: Procedure


Trial Procedure-Note Taking By Jurors-Misconduct Of Court In Instructing Jury To Take Notes Over Objections Of Litigants, Craig E. Davids S.Ed. Feb 1945

Trial Procedure-Note Taking By Jurors-Misconduct Of Court In Instructing Jury To Take Notes Over Objections Of Litigants, Craig E. Davids S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff suffered injuries by stepping into a hole on the sidewalk of defendant city. After a jury had been impaneled and sworn in the trial of the cause, the court, without the request of either litigant and over their objections, suggested to the jurors that they might take notes on the evidence presented, furnishing them with the necessary materials and instructing them as to how they should be kept during the progress of the trial. The trial court awarded judgment for defendant. The court of appeals, however, reversed the decision of the lower court and granted a new trial, holding …


The Scope Of A Civil Action, William Wirt Blume Oct 1943

The Scope Of A Civil Action, William Wirt Blume

Michigan Law Review

In the last fifty years the rules which deal with what Professor Millar happily has called "The Compass of the Cause" have shown "conspicuous advance." This advance is clearly reflected in the Rules of Civil Procedure of the District Courts of the United States, effective in 1938. It is the purpose of this paper, first, to present a complete analysis of the concept: scope of a civil action; second, to show the weaknesses of the codes in dealing with this concept; and, third, to indicate to what extent these, weaknesses have been remedied by the new …


Federal Courts - Jurisdiction - Diversity Of Citizenship - Realignment Of Parties, Michigan Law Review May 1942

Federal Courts - Jurisdiction - Diversity Of Citizenship - Realignment Of Parties, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a New York corporation, was trustee under a mortgage deed to secure a bond issue executed by A, an Indiana corporation, in 1902. In 1906, B, an Indiana corporation, was formed, its franchise providing, inter alia, that after the expiration of twenty-five years, the company should be wound up and its property conveyed to C, the city of Indianapolis, subject to B's "outstanding legal obligations." In 1913, A leased all of its plant property to B for a term of ninety-nine years, B agreeing to pay as rental the interest on A's outstanding bonded …


Parties - Right To Sue Defendant By Fictitious Name, Oliver B. Crager May 1941

Parties - Right To Sue Defendant By Fictitious Name, Oliver B. Crager

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff brought an action of detinue to repossess an electric refrigerator against "John Doe, whose name is to the plaintiff otherwise unknown, but will be inserted by way of amendment when ascertained," in accordance with an Alabama statute allowing suits to be started against defendants by a fictitious name. Writ of seizure issued on the same date as the summons, but the sheriff did not make service. When it was found that the refrigerator was in the possession of a woman, plaintiff amended the complaint to substitute "Mary Roe, whose name is to the plaintiff otherwise unknown, etc." Service was …


Damages - Injunction Bond - Attorney's Fees As Damages, Harold P. Graves, Raymond H. Rapaport May 1941

Damages - Injunction Bond - Attorney's Fees As Damages, Harold P. Graves, Raymond H. Rapaport

Michigan Law Review

Frequently, when a litigant seeks to establish rights with respect to particular property, it is possible for the opposing party so to act with respect to the property involved, while litigation is pending, as to deprive the plaintiff of the substantial benefit of his remedy should he prevail. Consequently, on prima facie showing of right, courts of equity will grant a temporary injunction to "freeze" the situation until the rights of the parties are finally determined. Since the temporary injunction is issued without a final determination of the rights of the parties, the enjoined party is deprived of dominion over …


Federal Courts - Rules Of Federal Procedure - Production Of Designated Documents And Things Under Rule 34, William C. Wetherbee Jr. Jan 1941

Federal Courts - Rules Of Federal Procedure - Production Of Designated Documents And Things Under Rule 34, William C. Wetherbee Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sued for damages and loss of profits caused by the unlawful acts of the defendant beginning in January, 1937. Under rule 34 of the new federal rules the defendant moved that the court order the plaintiff to produce its books showing the company's commercial results for the period prior to January 1, 1936; its duplicate federal income tax returns for the years 1934 to 1938; and all copies of statements furnished to any bank or credit company over a period of some five years. Held, motion granted in regard to books of account and duplicate income tax returns …


Costs - Assessment Of Court Costs Against An Agency Of The Federal Government, Walter Muller Dec 1940

Costs - Assessment Of Court Costs Against An Agency Of The Federal Government, Walter Muller

Michigan Law Review

A complaint against defendant, filed in equity by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, was dismissed without costs, the lower federal court being of opinion that it had no power to impose costs upon a governmental agency. The rule of court which bears on this point says, "costs against the United States, its officers, and agencies shall be imposed only to the extent permitted by law." Held, on appeal to the circuit court of appeals, the district court did have power to assess costs against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. J. G. Menihan Corp., (C. C. A. …


Power Of State Court To Restrain Suit In Another State: Pitcairn V. Drummond Oct 1940

Power Of State Court To Restrain Suit In Another State: Pitcairn V. Drummond

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Practice And Procedure - General Verdict On Several Counts - Is New Trial Necessary When One Of Two Counts Is Unsupported By Evidence?, Edmund R. Blaske Nov 1939

Practice And Procedure - General Verdict On Several Counts - Is New Trial Necessary When One Of Two Counts Is Unsupported By Evidence?, Edmund R. Blaske

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sued defendant to recover damages arising from personal injuries claimed to have been suffered by him while in the employ of defendant, who was not under the workmen's compensation statute. In the first count of his declaration plaintiff claimed that defendant did not furnish him a safe place in which to work, and in the second count that defendant set him at work on dangerous materials. The jury returned a verdict of "guilty on both counts" and assessed "total damages" at $998.71. The trial court, on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, ruled that as a matter of …


Administrative Law - Labor Law - Federal Courts - Equity - Propriety Of Interrogatories Directed To The Members Of The National Labor Relations Board, Michigan Law Review May 1939

Administrative Law - Labor Law - Federal Courts - Equity - Propriety Of Interrogatories Directed To The Members Of The National Labor Relations Board, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The National Labor Relations Board brought a proceeding under section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act for the enforcement of an order to cease certain unfair labor practices, its petition stating that the board had considered the case before it and upon all the testimony and evidence made its findings of fact and issued its order. The answer alleged that the board did not consider the evidence but referred it to others for suggested findings of fact, and that with no opportunity to respondent to know of or criticize the suggestions they were adopted by the board without further …


Federal Practice-Counterclaim By Lntervenors Jan 1936

Federal Practice-Counterclaim By Lntervenors

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sued Freeman Company for infringing a patent by selling a certain patented device. The manufacturer of the device, and vendor of Freeman Company, obtained leave to intervene as a defendant under federal equity rule 37, and thereupon filed a counterclaim against the plaintiff for alleged infringement of other patents, claiming the right to do so as a "defendant" under federal equity rule 30. The plaintiff moved to dismiss the counterclaim. The motion was granted by the district court and affirmed on appeal by the circuit court. On certiorari the United States Supreme Court held that "defendant" under equity rule …