Legal Opinion
R v. Fondren and Doris Fondren v. Allstate Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 9, 1986No. 85-7544PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
The seventh amendment provides that “the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.” U.S. Const.amend. VII. The amendment “expresses in clear terms the principle that facts once found by a jury in the context of a civil trial are not to be reweighed and a new trial grant ed lightly.” Spurlin v. General Motors Corp., 528 F.2d 612, 620 (5th Cir.1976).
In this case, the district court granted plaintiffs a new trial on the ground that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Richard Williams v. The City of ValdostaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Joseph Hewitt v. The B.F. Goodrich Co., a Foreign Corporation and T.G. & Y. Stores, Co., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- A. L. Massey v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Donald E. Haygood, Sr. v. Auto-Owners Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Mark Henderson v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2023
- Dairy Queen of Fairbanks, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of AmericaAlaska Supreme Court · 1988
- Hipp v. Liberty National Life InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1999
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. BalmerDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1987
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