· 1/11/1974
John R. Henry, Jr. v. Amalie Sneiders, and Amalie Sneiders, as Personal Representative of the Estateof Maksis Sneiders, Deceased, Defedant-Appellant
Citations
- 490 F.2d 315
- 18 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 351
- 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 10621
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- concluding that exclusion of the defendant’s evidence was proper because it went to liability rather than damages
- holding that the Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury trial does not survive a default judgement
- concluding that exclusion of the defendant’s evidence was proper because it went to liability rather than damages
- holding that a default judgment of $235,338.89 was permissible under Rule 54(c) where the complaint had alleged that the plaintiff had suffered $71,243.68 in direct losses, “together with additional amounts not yet fully determined”
- noting that a plaintiff need not specify an exact amount in his complaint in order to comply with Rule 22 54(c)’s requirement and prevail on a motion for default judgment
- \absence of a written order does not preclude the entry\ of sanctions where oral order was made and gave litigant notice
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Judges: Duniway, Wright, East
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