Legal Opinion

Trinity Carton Company, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Falstaff Brewing Corp., Cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 5, 1985No. 83-3623PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana diversity case, defendant-appellant Falstaff Brewing Corporation challenges a judgment for damages against it for its breach of a sublease. Falstaff maintains that the district court, which refused to give Falstaff s proposed instruction, improperly instructed the jury on the issue of consent to confection of the sublease; that the court abused its discretion by refusing to give proposed instructions on conditions precedent, implied conditional offer, and suspensive condition, and by denying post-verdict trial amendments which alleged matters of…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. John W. Dussouy, Jr. v. Gulf Coast Investment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. 29 Fair empl.prac.cas. 442, 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,851, 10 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1410 Curtis Jackson, W. C. McClendon Lige Scretchen, Nathaniel Cooper and W. E. Parker, Cross-Appellants v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada, Cross-Appellee. Curtis Jackson, W. C. McClendon Lige Scretchen v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Co., Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and CanadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  5. The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana v. Harry L. Laws Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Dairl Johnson Claudine Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  2. Quick Technologies, Inc. v. The Sage Group Plc And, Sage Us Holdings, Inc. Quick Technologies, Inc. v. Sage Software, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  3. Virginia Woodfield, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Plaintiff-Third Party v. Charlie Bowman, Planet Insurance Co., Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Service Temps Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  5. Dirk and Cynthia Bradley, Individually and as Next Friends for Their Minor Son Brad Alan Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989

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