Legal Opinion
Altrichter v. SHELL OIL COMPANY
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided April 9, 1958No. Civ. No. 1891PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONOVAN, District Judge.
Diversity of citizenship and the amount of damages sued for make this a federal case. The matter is now before the Court on motion by plaintiff for a new trial.
The case was previously tried to court and jury at the May 1957 Term and plaintiff had a verdict for $27,500. A new trial was granted by the first court, who among other things in his memorandum order said:
“I conclude that the verdict is contrary to the clear weight of the evidence and must be set aside.”
The case was ably tried by counsel who were post graduates of the first trial of 510 pages of transcript.
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2Cases cited35 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- The Flintkote Company, a Corporation v. Elmer Lysfjord and Walter R. Waldron, Doing Business as Aabeta Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Boatmen's Bank v. FritzlenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Cameron v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Nelson v. Montgomery Ward & Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1960
- Yeager v. J. R. Christ Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Dr. Emma Winifred Sewell T/u/o Maryland Casualty Insurance Company v. Wrap-On Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Jacobson v. HullingerDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1961