Legal Opinion
Portman v. American Home Products Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 27, 1953No. 22348_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in an action to recover for services rendered to the defendant in bringing to its notice another corporation that the defendant proved ready to acquire, and in securing its acquisition by the defendant. The answer denied that there had been any such contract and the case was first tried to a jury before Judge Samuel H. Kaufman. That jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff which Judge Kaufman, D.C., 98 F.Supp. 494, 496, set aside because it was “against the weight of the evidence”; and upon a second trial before Judge…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. RappyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Binder v. Commercial Travelers Mut. Acc. Ass'n of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Portman v. American Home Products Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1951
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