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· 1/7/1974

Freedman v. Morrissey

Citations

  • 414 U.S. 1128
  • 94 S. Ct. 865
  • 38 L. Ed. 2d 752

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding the same on a district court’s order on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
  • detailing how Rule 58 was designed “not to create traps for the unwary, but rather to afford litigants greater certainty”
  • referring to the obligation to conform to a reasonable person standard of conduct
  • no allegation that plaintiff was a Jones Act seaman

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