discussed Cited "see, e.g." Federico v. Brannan Sand & Gravel Co. (2×) See also Woodbury Daily Times Co. v. Los Angeles Times -Washington Post News Serv., 616 F.Supp. 502, 505 (D.N.J.1985), aff'd 791 F.2d 924 (3d Cir.1986) (ultimate fact is a mixture of fact and law; fact because it is derived by inference or reasoning from the evidence; law because the derivation is informed by legal principles and policies, producing a fact of independent legal significance).