Legal Opinion
Sick v. City of Buffalo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1978No. 516, Docket 77-7314PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This is a direct appeal from two orders of United States Magistrate Edmund Maxwell, of the Western District of New York. Magistrate Maxwell dismissed appellants’ complaint1 against three defendants.2 Then, after a jury verdict of “not cause for action”3 against the remaining two defendants was recorded by the clerk of the district court, the magistrate denied appellants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.4
With the parties’ consent, District Judge John T. Curtin originally referred the case to the magistrate for trial with a six-member jury. We will assume…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Jane Niehaus and Joyce Neumann v. Kansas Bar Association, John Gardner, and Marcia PoellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- Howard v. Collins, and United States of America, Intervenor v. William Foreman, Vincent Pilleters and Terry WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Webb v. CalifanoDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1979
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