HARRIS

v.

TEXAS

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Rambert L. Simmons v. Avisco, 350 F.2d 1012 (4th Cir. 1965)
  …size of jury verdicts. The Court held that in any event there was no basis in the record for the Court of Appeals to find an abuse of discretion in the District Court’s denial of the motion for new trial. Cf. Snyder, Adm’r v. United [*1020] States, 350 U.S. 906, 76 S.Ct. 191, 100 L.Ed. 796 (1955), reversing United States v. Guyer, 218 F. 2d 266 (4th Cir. 1954). Debate continues as to whether and under what circumstances a federal appellate court may review the quantum of a jury verdict.13 We find it unnec…
• United States v. Wainwright, 413 F.2d 796 (10th Cir. 1969)
  …rt. den. 349 U.S. 920, 75 S.Ct. 660, 99 L.Ed. 1253 (1955); United States v. Stayback, 212 F. 2d 313 (3rd Cir. 1954) cert. den. 348 U.S. 911, 75 S.Ct. 289, 99 L.Ed. 714 (1955); and Dillon v. United States, 218 F. 2d 97 (8th Cir. 1955) cert. dismissed 350 U.S. 906, 76 S.Ct. 191, 100 L.Ed. 796 (1955). The taxpayer’s response is that since I.R.S. regulations, 26 C.F.R. § 1.471-3 (b), and proper accounting practices consider rebates a reduction in an expense item it was thereby incumbent on the government to sho…
• Lebeck v. William A. Jarvis, Inc., 250 F.2d 285 (3d Cir. 1957)
  …F. 2d 61. Our authority in this situation is very limited and the Supreme Court has recently indicated that its exercise must be confined strictly. Neese v. Southern Ry., 1955, 350 U.S. 77, 76 S.Ct. 131, 100 L.Ed. 60; Snyder v. United States, 1955, 350 U.S. 906, 76 S.Ct. 191, 100 L.Ed. 796, reversing per curiam United States v. Guyer, 4 Cir., 1954, 218 F. 2d 266. The sum of the matter is that we could not lawfully disturb this verdict if we would, and we would not, if we could. The remaining issues raised…