Legal Opinion
Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 11, 1981No. 80-2034PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
The narrow issue before us on this interlocutory appeal from the grant of a new trial, allowed by another panel of this court, is whether the district court’s order granting a new trial offends “law of the case” principles and policies against piecemeal appeals. The district court here granted a new trial on one of two grounds urged by the plaintiff’s motion, after the appellate court had reversed an earlier grant of a new trial based upon another ground urged by the plaintiffs’ motion. Finding that neither trial nor appellate court had previously passed upon the ground…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kenneth Lehrman v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Texas · 1980
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3Cited by65 opinions
- In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Parts and Electric Motors, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Sterling Electric, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- 35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 574, 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,116 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Etc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and State of California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (Successor to State of California Fair Employment Practice Commission)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Laitram Corporation, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Nec Corporation and Nec Technologies Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
- Johnson v. Sawyer,et alCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
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