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· 6/20/1986

Garland Lewis v. District of Columbia

Citations

  • 793 F.2d 361
  • 253 U.S. App. D.C. 290
  • 20 Fed. R. Serv. 1101
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 26131

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that jury would be aided \in measuring fairly the extent of damages\ by evidence of other causes of plaintiff's emotional suffering not attributable to defendant
  • “This [Rule 403] weighing process is committed to the sound discretion of the trial judge . . . .”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Starr, Sil-Berman

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