Legal Opinion
Ritchie v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2006No. 05-16401PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We consider what inferences a district judge may draw, during a bench trial, in deciding a motion for judgment based on partial findings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(c).
Facts
On December 20, 1957, Wayne Ritchie, then a Deputy United States Marshal, attended a lunch-time Christmas party at the United States Post Office Building 1 in San Francisco. Ritchie drank a bourbon and soda, and then returned to his desk. Later that afternoon, with the party now in full swing, Ritchie took a break to down three or four more bourbon and sodas. When he returned to his…
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