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Supreme Court· 4/13/1931

Herron v. Southern Pacific Co.

Citations

  • 283 U.S. 91
  • 51 S. Ct. 383
  • 75 L. Ed. 857
  • 1931 U.S. LEXIS 129

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a state law requiring the jury to decide the issue of contributory negligence cannot interfere with authority of a federal court to direct a verdict where there are no facts in dispute
  • holding that a state law requiring the jury to decide the issue of contributory negligence cannot interfere with authority of a federal court to direct a verdict where there are no facts in dispute
  • stating that a federal court sitting in diversity is \not subject” to a state rule that a court \shall not direct a verdict, where the evidence is such that a verdict the other way would be set aside”
  • federal judge has inherent power to govern and control the conduct of a trial
  • federal judge has inherent power to govern and control the conduct of a trial
  • hold- ing that a state law requiring the jury to decide the issue of contributory negligence cannot interfere with authority of a federal court to direct a verdict where there are no facts in dis- pute

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Judges: Hughes

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Cites

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