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“whenever a balancing of interests is required, the facts of the existing easelaw must closely correspond to the contested action before the defendant official is subject to liability”
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Krocka v. Bransfield
whenever a balancing of interests is required, the facts of the existing easelaw must closely correspond to the contested action before the defendant official is subject to liability
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Cited "see"
Robert Baar v. Jefferson County Board of Educ.
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 276 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 [, 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 ] (1986).
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Cited "see"
Williams v. Commonwealth Of Kentucky
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 276 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Williams v. Kentucky
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 276 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Auriemma v. Rice
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268 , 276 n. 19 (7th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Auriemma v. Rice
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268 , 276 n. 19 (7th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Cited "see"
Ron Grubb v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 274 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986) (applying same rationale to j.n.o.v. motion based on qualified immunity defense not raised in directed verdict motion at close of all evidence).
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Cited "see"
Grubb v. Federal Deposit Insurance
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 274 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986) (applying same rationale to j.n.o.v. motion based on qualified immunity defense not raised in directed verdict motion at close of all evidence).
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Whitt v. City of Rockford
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 276 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, [ 479 U.S. 848 ] 107 S.Ct. 172 [ 93 L.Ed.2d 109 ] (1986).
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Cited "see"
Anne Powers v. John T. Lightner, D/B/A Lightner Auto Sales, Third-Party Plaintiff v. Barry Jones and Bruce White, Third-Party
(2×)
See Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 275-76 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Kevin Frazier v. Edward N. Bailey
Baker, 887 F.2d at 187 ; Myers, 810 F.2d at 1462-63 ; see also Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 276 (7th Cir.) (discussed difficulty of finding “clearly established” right in first amendment area subject to balancing of interests), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Powell v. Basham
See, e.g., Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 278 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Powell v. Basham
See, e.g., Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 278 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986).
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Gutzwiller v. Fenik
Further, "where a defendant moves for [a] directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's testimony and does not renew its motion at the close of the entire testimony, defendant waives its original motion and is precluded from questioning the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal." Young, 793 F.2d at 794 . 62 As explained by the Fifth Circuit in Bohrer, there are two purposes for the requirement of a motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence as a predicate for JNOV: 63 to enable the trial court to re-examine the question of evidentiary insufficiency as a matter of law if the …
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Gutzwiller v. Fenik
Bohrer v. Hanes Cory., 715 F.2d at 216 ; see also Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 273-74 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986); Merwine v. Bd. of Trustees, 754 F.2d 631, 634 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 823 , 106 S.Ct. 76 , 88 L.Ed.2d 62 (1986).
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Alm v. Moreth
See, e.g., Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268 , 276 n. 18 (7th), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 848 , 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986). 3 .
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Anderson v. Whittaker Corp.
See, e.g., Oglebay Norton Co. v. CSX Corp., 788 F.2d 361, 367 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 849 , 107 S.Ct. 173 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986); In re United States Steel Corp., 436 F.2d 1256 , 1279 (6th Cir.1970); Cleveland Tankers, Inc. v. Tierney, 169 F.2d 622, 626 (6th Cir.1948).
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Parts and Electric Motors, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. Sterling Electric, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Id. at 61 ; see also Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268, 272-75 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986) (failure to renew motion for directed verdict at the conclusion of the evidence excused where neither Seventh Amendment problems nor prejudice to opposing litigant would result).
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Green v. Carlson
See also Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986) (examining all the evidence produced at trial in considering motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on qualified immunity grounds).
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Green v. Carlson
See also Benson v. Allphin, 786 F.2d 268 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 107 S.Ct. 172 , 93 L.Ed.2d 109 (1986) (examining all the evidence produced at trial in considering motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on qualified immunity grounds).
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Benson
v.
Allphin and Allphin v. Benson
v.
Allphin and Allphin v. Benson
No. 86-27; No. 86-29.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 6, 1986.
Cited by 2 opinions | Published
Citer courts: N.D. Illinois (1)
C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 786 F. 2d 268.