Ag Services of America, Inc. v. Nielsen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “true test is whether the jury verdict by necessary implication reflects the resolution of a common factual issue”
• stating that unless a verdict has been set aside, the court “must treat the verdict as binding”
• stating that, under the Seventh Amendment, the jury’s determination of factual issues common to both legal and equitable claims binds a court presiding over an equitable claim
• distinguishing between “legal claims” and “equitable claims” and listing fraud as a legal claim
• in determining equitable claims, court is bound by jury’s determination on essential factual issues common to both legal and equitable claims
• “[W]hen a case involves both a jury trial and a bench trial . . the court is bound by the jury’s determination of factual issues common to both the legal and equitable claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).