Legal Opinion
Emerson Electric Co. v. Guy F. Farmer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1970No. 28107_1PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This case involves a little thermal electronics, a little of the romance of business acquisitions through debt positions, a little plain and fancy misrepresentation of the products’ proficiency, and a little Florida law on fraud. But mostly it involves the more prosaic problem of the use of F.R.Civ.P. 41(b) 1 on dismissals on the merits at the close of the Plaintiff’s case. What complicates it is not the misuse of the rule so much as it is the contradictory findings and conclusions resulting from findings and conclusions now called for and those inherent in the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Manuel Ellis v. Victor M. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Wheeler v. BaarsSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
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3Cited by71 opinions
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