Legal Opinion
Hockaday v. Red Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 25, 1949No. 9846PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment after a jury verdict in favor of the appellee in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. A motion for a new trial was seasonably filed in the lower court, and denied. The precise question before us is whether the conduct of the appellee’s counsel, both in cross-examination and in argument, was calculated to prejudice the jjiry against the appellant to the extent that would warrant a new trial.
The appellant, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, filed an action in the lower court against the appellee,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brasfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- New York Central Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Brown v. SwinefordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Union Pac. R. Co. v. FieldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Sanford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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