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· 9/23/1993

Donald Plummer v. Springfield Terminal Railway Company

Citations

  • 5 F.3d 1
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 24617
  • 1993 WL 361359

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  • explaining that “[r]econsideration is appropriate” if “the 5 district court committed clear error or the initial decision was manifestly unjust”
  • agreeing that juror testimony regarding an alleged clerical error such as announcing a verdict different than that agreed upon, does not challenge the validity of the verdict or the deliberation or mental processes, and therefore is not subject to Rule 606(b)
  • holding “that juror testimony regarding an al- leged clerical error, such as announcing a verdict different than that agreed upon, does not challenge the validity of the verdict or deliberation of mental processes, and there- fore is not subject to Rule 606(b)”
  • district court would have abused its discretion in staying discovery if 5 the discovery was necessary to decide the dispositive motion
  • district court would have abused its discretion in staying discovery if 17 the discovery was necessary to decide the dispositive motion
  • district court would have abused its discretion in staying discovery if 5 the discovery was necessary to decide the dispositive motion

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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Woodlock

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