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· 5/17/1982

Anthony Cioffe, & Mare Distributors, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation v. Arnold F. Morris & Jet Fingers, Inc., a Florida Corporation

Citations

  • 676 F.2d 539
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19221

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that an unpled issue may be tried only with consent of the opposing party
  • stating implied consent for purposes of Rule 15(b) will not be found if the non- moving party will be prejudiced
  • finding no implied consent for a theory of liability neither mentioned in the parties’ contracts nor separately identified during the course of trial
  • stating Rule 15(b) permits “a judgment [to] be based on an unpled issue as long as consent to trial of the issue is evident”
  • “Rule 54(c) creates no entitlement to relief based on issues not squarely presented and litigated at trial.”
  • where the trial judge himself decided to disallow the recovery he had previously granted

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Judges: Appeal, Middle, Florida, Godbold, Hill, Fay

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