· 2/22/1977
Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co.
Citations
- 429 U.S. 648
- 97 S. Ct. 835
- 51 L. Ed. 2d 112
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 12
- 42 Cal. Comp. Cases 1110
- 22 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1473
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- “[t]he proper role of the trial and appellate courts in the federal system in reviewing the size of jury verdicts is ... a matter of federal law.”
- question whether acceptance of remittitur waives right to appeal is question of federal, not state law, involving \the proper role of the trial and appellate courts in the federal system\
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Judges: Blackmun
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