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· 8/31/1988

Charles H. Smith v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Citations

  • 856 F.2d 467
  • 11 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1401
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 12010
  • 1988 WL 90491

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  • noting that while “trial courts possess broad discretion to determine when the conduct of counsel is so improper as to warrant a new trial, ... attorneys also require latitude in formulating their arguments.” (citations omitted; internal quotations omitted)
  • “Where two equally permissible inferences may be drawn from a single set of facts, we cannot conclude that no fair‐minded juror could reasonably infer” one of them.

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Judges: Cardamone, Pierce, Stanton

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