Legal Opinion
Wesley T. Bailey v. Chattem, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1988No. 86-6188PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerning post-judgment interest under 28 U.S.C. § 1961 raises several esoteric issues. The principal question is whether interest should begin to run from the date of a district court judgment affirmed on appeal as to liability, but vacated and remanded for a new trial on damages, or only from the date of the second judgment. In the circumstances of this case, in which the more specifically instructed second jury awarded damages greater than those awarded in the first judgment, considerations of equity lead us to conclude that interest should run on the…
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