Legal Opinion
G. P. Tribble, Allen Harper and One 1953 White Tractor Bearing 1954 Georgia License Plate A/h4892 v. Nancy Bruin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1960No. 8046_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises a procedural problem relating to the power of the District Court to act upon a motion for a new trial after this court issued its mandate in an earlier appeal.
The background of this protracted litigation may be briefly summarized. On the night of July 1, 1954, plaintiff, Nancy Bruin, was injured by a tractor-trailer while crossing a street intersection in Bluffton, South Carolina. She subsequently sued the owner of the trailer, G. P. Tribble, and its operator, Allen Harper, to recover actual and punitive damages. The case was tried in the District…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Butcher & Sherrerd v. WelshCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Home Indemnity Co. of New York v. O'BRIENCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1940
- United States v. Wissahickon Tool Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Neely v. Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Arnold Schildhaus v. Kenneth W. Moe, as District Director of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Gajewski v. BratcherNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
- Jane I. Hartman v. Fred J. Lauchli, Trustee of Hartman Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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