Legal Opinion
Northern Oil Company, Inc. v. Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 17, 1965No. 443, Docket 29509PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge.
The Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. (Socony Mobil), appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Vermont in the amount of $95,000 based on a jury verdict. We reverse the judgment and remand the action for a new trial on the ground that certain hearsay testimony was improperly admitted.
This is a diversity action brought by the Northern Oil Company, Inc. (Northern) against Socony Mobil. It was tried under Vermont law on a theory of malicious prosecution.
In the former action which is alleged to have been maliciously prosecuted Socony Mobil originally…
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- Goetz v. Bank of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- Ryan v. Orient InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
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