Mississippi Valley Capital Co. v. United States

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• holding that the jury could reasonably infer improper motive when lease was allegedly terminated based upon decision maker's economic interest
• holding that the jury could reasonably infer improper motive when lease was allegedly terminated based upon decision maker's economic interest
• concluding that defendants’ motions for a directed verdict were sufficient to support a JNOV where the court and opposing counsel had actual notice of the basis of the motion even though it was only implicitly raised by defendants’ motions
• vacating directed verdict where jury could reasonably infer that denial of permit by governmental decision maker was motivated by improper economic reasons
• relying on circumstantial evidence to find high level officials liable for civil rights violations and recognizing that in § 1983 cases circumstantial evidence \is often the best and most reliable proof of the subjective motivations for the conduct of the actors\
• relying on circumstantial evidence to find high level officials liable for civil rights violations and recognizing that inS 1983 cases circumstantial evidence \is often the best and most reliable proof of the subjective motivations for the conduct of the actors\

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