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…this court has held repeatedly that the sufficiency of the evidence supporting jury findings is normally not reviewable on appeal unless the party seeking review has made a motion for a directed verdict in the district court.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Wellborn v. Sears
(2×)
this court has held repeatedly that the sufficiency of the evidence supporting jury findings is normally not reviewable on appeal unless the party seeking review has made a motion for a directed verdict in the district court.
cited
Cited as authority (rule)
Standish-Sterling Educational Support Personnel v. Mark Norgan
NLRB v Machinists Local 1327, Int’l Ass’n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Dist Lodge 115, 473 US 901 ; 105 S Ct 3517 (Mem); 87 L Ed 2d 646 (1985) (1985).
cited
Cited as authority (rule)
Standish-Sterling Educational Support Personnel v. Mark Norgan
NLRB v Machinists Local 1327, Int’l Ass’n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, Dist Lodge 115, 473 US 901 ; 105 S Ct 3517 (Mem); 87 L Ed 2d 646 (1985) (1985).
cited
Cited "see"
In re Pelt
See Succession of Grice , 462 So.2d 131 (La.), appeal dism'd , 473 U.S. 901 , 105 S.Ct. 3517 , 87 L.Ed.2d 646 (1985).
cited
Cited "see"
Sumner v. MUNICI-ADAMS
See Succession of Grice, 462 So.2d 131, 134 (La. 1985), appeal dismissed, 473 U.S. 901 , 105 S.Ct. 3517 , 87 L.Ed.2d 646 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
H. Scott Norville, Pamela Eibeck, Elizabeth Hall, and D. Victor Mellinger v. R. Scott Phelan
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District , 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5 th Cir. 1984), cert. dism’d, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
Scott Phelan v. Texas Tech University
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District, 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5th Cir. 1984), cert. dism’d, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
H. Scott Norville, Pamela Eibeck, Elizabeth Hall, and D. Victor Mellinger v. R. Scott Phelan
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District , 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5 th Cir. 1984), cert. dism'd, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
H. Scott Norville, Pamela Eibeck, Elizabeth Hall, and D. Victor Mellinger v. R. Scott Phelan
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District, 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5th Cir. 1984), cert. dism’d, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
Scott Phelan v. Texas Tech University
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District , 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5 th Cir. 1984), cert. dism’d , 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
Scott Phelan v. Texas Tech University
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District , 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5 th Cir. 1984), cert. dism'd , 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
Blake Stringer, Bacc Farms, Ltd., Rockin' Lazy S, Inc. v. Red River Commodoties, Inc., and Carroll Michael Williams
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District , 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5 th Cir. 1984), cert. dism'd, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see"
Lawrence Higgins v. Woodburn Sears & Watkins
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District , 736 F.2d 243, 254-55 (5 th Cir. 1984), cert. dism'd , 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
cited
Cited "see"
Highlands Insurance Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh
See id. 34 .
discussed
Cited "see"
Black v. J.I. Case Co., Inc.
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico ISD, 736 F.2d 243 , 251 n. 9 (5th Cir.1984), cert. dismissed, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985); Zimzores v. Veterans Administration, 778 F.2d 264, 267 (5th Cir.1985). 4 In Wells, the defendants-appellants suffered an adverse judgment entered on the jury's verdict following full trial on the merits, and prior to trial the district court had denied their motion for summary judgment on the question whether the plaintiffs-appellees had a property interest in their teaching positions. 736 F.2d at 251 .
discussed
Cited "see"
McLin v. Trimble
(2×)
See Adams v. Jasinski, 473 U.S. 901 , 105 S.Ct. 3518 , 87 L.Ed.2d 646 [1985], where a federal court’s dismissal of a prejudgment qualified-immunity plea appeal was vacated and the case remanded "in light of Mitchell v. Forsyth_" (Emphasis in original.) A like command has yet to be beamed at state courts.
discussed
Cited "see"
American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc. v. Mabus
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent Schools, 736 F.2d 243 (5th Cir.1984), cert. dismissed, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985); Bartel v. FAA, 725 F.2d 1403 (D.C.Cir.1984).
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Cited "see"
Mario Colin McConney v. The City of Houston, and Lee P. Brown, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Houston
(4×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District, 736 F.2d 243, 251-52 (5th Cir.1984), cert. dismissed, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985). .
discussed
Cited "see"
Dr. Larry Cunningham, and Dental Leasing, Inc. v. Healthco, Inc.
(2×)
See Wells v. Hico Independent School Dist., 736 F.2d 243, 250 (5th Cir.1984), ce rt. dismissed, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985), citing Whiting v. Jackson State Univ., 616 F.2d 116 , 126 (5th Cir.1980)(“[W]e cannot consider [the objection] on appeal, Fed.R.Civ.P. 51, unless the error is so fundamental as to result in a miscarriage of justice.”); Liner *1465 v. J.B.
cited
Cited "see"
Micromedia v. Automated Broadcast Controls
See Wells v. Hico Independent School District, 736 F.2d 243 (5th Cir.1984), cert. dismissed, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
discussed
Cited "see, e.g."
Anthony Allen Noel, Cross-Appellant v. Colleen Andrus, Lafayette Parish School Board, Cross-Appellee
Roth, 408 U.S. at 564 , 92 S.Ct. at 2701 ; Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U.S. 593, 601-02 , 92 S.Ct. 2094 , 2699-2700, 33 L.Ed.2d 570 (1972); see also Wells v. Hico Independent School District, 736 F.2d 243 (5th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985).
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Cited "see, e.g."
A.M.C. 2141 , 1998 A.M.C. 2208 , 37 Fed.R.Serv.3d 719 C.K. GREENWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee, National Union Fire v. SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE, et al
(4×)
See, e.g., Wells v. Hico ISD, 736 F.2d 243, 251-52 (5th Cir.1984), cert. dismissed, 473 U.S. 901 , 106 S.Ct. 11 , 87 L.Ed.2d 672 (1985) (reviewing insufficiency of the evidence where defendant only objected to the submission of the interrogatory as not supported by the evidence, but made no motion for directed verdict); Villanueva, 723 F.2d at 418 .
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Hico Independent School District
v.
Wells
v.
Wells
No. 84-545.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jul 1, 1985.
Cited by 3 opinions | Published
Citer courts: Fifth Circuit (3)
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 58.