Legal Opinion
Landes Construction Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Royal Bank of Canada, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1987No. 86-5603, 86-5611PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
A jury found that the Royal Bank of Canada orally agreed to lend Landes Construction Company $10 million to finance the purchase of commercial real estate in Los Angeles and that the bank breached this agreement. It awarded the construction company $18.5 million in damages. The bank appeals the judgment and the district court’s denial of the bank’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. It argues that the district court’s grant of four peremptory challenges to both parties at voir dire was reversible error. The bank also argues that there…
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