Legal Opinion
Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 2006No. 04-597PublishedCited by 398 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Ordinarily, a party in a civil jury trial that believes the evidence is legally insufficient to support an adverse jury verdict will seek a judgment as a matter of law by filing a motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a) before submission of the case to the jury, and then (if the Rule 50(a) motion is not granted and the jury subsequently decides against that party) a motion pursuant to Rule 50(b). In this case, however, the respondent filed a Rule 50(a) motion before the verdict, but did not file a Rule 50(b) motion after the verdict. Nor did respondent request a new trial…
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