Galvin v. Welsh Manufacturing Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• trial judge may grant a new trial for reasons not argued by the moving party in its motion for new trial
• “It is settled that appellate courts will properly note developments in the applicable law that have occurred after entry of a judgment below”
• “changes in the law alone would not justify reopening [a final] judgment”
• motion to alter or amend judgment addressed to discretion of trial judge
• no reversible error unless claimed error affects party’s substantial rights
• standard for granting new trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).