Legal Opinion
Wallace C. Clissold and Ingebord Clissold v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1979No. 77-1132PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The defendant has appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in this personal injury diversity action governed by Michigan law.
The complaint was filed in the District Court on November 20, 1972. However, the case was not reached for trial until October 6,1976. The reason for this long delay does not appear to be attributable to any activities of the parties, as the docket entries show only the filing of the complaint and the answer.
The ease was tried for three days by the District Court without a jury. At the end of the second day the Court announced from the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Montgomery v. StephanMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Currie v. FitingMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Pippen v. Denison Division of Abex Corp.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1976
- Drayton v. Jiffee Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- John C. Shimman, Cross-Appellant v. John Frank, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Jarvis v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Bricklayers' Pension Trust Fund v. TaiariolCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Dollar Rent a Car Systems, Inc., Dollar Rent a Car-Washington, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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