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In Re BROOKLYN NAVY YARD ASBESTOS LITIGATION (Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation)
See Armstrong v. Commerce Tankers Corp., 423 F.2d 957, 959 (2d Cir.) (Judgment as a matter of law “will be granted only if ... the evidence is so strongly and overwhelmingly in favor of the movant that reasonable and fair minded men in the exercise of impartial judgment could not arrive at a verdict against him.”), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 833 , 91 S.Ct. 67 , 27 L.Ed.2d 65 (1970); Coffran v. Hitchcock Clinic, Inc., 683 F.2d 5, 6 (1st Cir.) (A new trial may be granted for verdict against the weight of the evidence only if “ ‘it is quite clear that the jury has reached a seriously erroneou…
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County Of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Company
The jury's role as the finder of fact does not entitle it to return a verdict based on only confusion, speculation or prejudice; its verdict must be reasonably based on evidence presented at trial. 54 Michelman v. Clark-Schwebel Fiber Glass Corp., 534 F.2d 1036, 1042 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 885 , 97 S.Ct. 236 , 50 L.Ed.2d 166 (1976); see Armstrong v. Commerce Tankers Corp., 423 F.2d 957, 959-60 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 833 , 91 S.Ct. 67 , 27 L.Ed.2d 65 (1970).
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County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.
Michelman v. Clark-Schwebel Fiber Glass Corp., 534 F.2d 1036, 1042 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 885 , 97 S.Ct. 236 , 50 L.Ed.2d 166 (1976); see Armstrong v. Commerce Tankers Corp., 423 F.2d 957, 959-60 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 833 , 91 S.Ct. 67 , 27 L.Ed.2d 65 (1970).
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Perfect Fit Industries, Inc. v. Acme Quilting Co.
See Armstrong v. Commerce Tankers Corp., 423 F.2d 957,959 (2d Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 833 , 91 S.Ct. 67 , 27 L.Ed.2d 65 (1970). *507 The motion should be granted only if 1) there is a complete absence of probative evidence to support a verdict for Acme; or 2) the evidence is so strongly and overwhelmingly in favor of Perfect Fit that reasonable and fair minded persons in the exercise of impartial judgment could not arrive at a verdict against Perfect Fit.
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Kalogeros v. Brasileiro
See also Armstrong v. Commerce Tanker’s Corp., 311 F.Supp. 1236 (S.D.N.Y.1969), aff’d, 423 F.2d 957 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 833 , 91 S.Ct. 67 , 27 L.Ed.2d 65 (1970).
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Ellington, Governor of Tennessee
v.
Blumstein
v.
Blumstein
No. 769.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 12, 1970.
Are, Denied, Granted, Motion, Should, That.
Published
Appeal from D. C. M. D. Tenn. Application for stay presented to Mr. Justice Stewart, and by him referred to the Court, denied.
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice White are of the opinion that the stay should be granted. Motion to advance denied.Reported below:-F. Supp.-.