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· 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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