Topic: section 440 . . . cannot be used to attack findings of fact. · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 55 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Iroquois Gas Transmission System v. Mileski.

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1 Iroquois Gas Transmission System v. Mileski Anchor
connappct · 1996
neutral “section 440 . . . cannot be used to attack findings of fact.” 18
2 Iroquois Gas Transmission System v. Mileski
connappct · 1996
neutral “absent . . . an exception to the report, the trial court, in ruling on the objection, is limited to determining whether the subordinate facts were sufficient to support the ultimate factual conclusions.” 15
3 TDS Painting & Restoration, Inc. v. Copper Beech Farm, Inc.
connappct · 1997
green “cannot find additional facts or reject others unless a material fact has been found without evidence.” 14
4 National Elevator Industry Pension, Welfare & Educational Fund v. Scrivani
connappct · 1993
green “the attorney trial referee sits only as a fact finder.” 4
5 Tarka v. Filipovic
connappct · 1997
green “failure to comply with the rules of practice governing procedures by which a party may challenge the findings of fact and factual conclusions of the attorney referee proves fatal to this claim.” 4

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