Legal Opinion
Bass v. Dunbar House, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 17, 1960No. 2517PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellant brought suit in the United States District Court for false arrest and imprisonment. 1 He asked $500,000 for compensatory and punitive damages, but the latter, in the amount of $250,000, were eliminated by the trial court. No appeal was taken from that ruling. The jury returned a verdict for appellant and awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $10,000. Appellees moved for judgment n. o. v. or, alternatively, a new trial. The court granted the motion for judgment, stating that the evidence adduced at trial was “wholly insufficient to support the verdict.”…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Long v. AnsellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Long v. AnsellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
- Price v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Takahashi v. Hecht Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Faniel v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Smith v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. KellyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Weishapl v. SowersDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- State Ex Rel. Powell v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
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