Universal Bankcard Systems, Inc. v. Bankcard America, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER (ISSUED MARCH 30, 1988)

POSNER, Chief Circuit Judge, Sitting by Designation.

I have before me the defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R.Civ.P. 50(a)(1). It was submitted at the close of the plaintiffs case in chief, and I said that I would reserve my ruling until after the jury rendered its verdict. See, e.g., Mosser v. Fruehauf Corp., 940 F.2d 77, 83 n. 2 (4th Cir.1991); Norton v. Snapper Power Equipment, 806 F.2d 1545, 1547-48 (11th Cir.1987); Nichols Construction Corp. v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 808 F.2d 340, 354-56 (5th Cir.1985). The jury has now done…