Correia v. Fitzgerald

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that voir dire’s purpose is to make sure jurors “do not harbor biases for or against” the litigants
• applying federal procedural law to the granting or denial of a motion for a new trial in federal court
• “Federal courts sitting in diversity apply state substantive law and federal procedural rules.”
• voir dire questioning on bias coupled with instruction to decide case only on the facts was sufficient to mitigate possible bias

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).