HUNTER

v.

RANDOLPH, WARDEN, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Nunez v. The Superior OIL Co., 572 F.2d 1119 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …blish the ultimate fact at issue. When the ultimate fact is to be inferred from evidentiary facts, the choice between permissible inferences is for the trier of facts.” Walker v. U. S. Gypsum Co., 5 Cir. 1959, 270 F. 2d 857, 862, cert. denied, 1960, 363 U.S. 805, 80 S.Ct. 1240, 4 L.Ed.2d 1148. Of course, if there is “a complete absence of probative facts” to support a particular inference, Planters Manufacturing Co. v. Protection Mut. Ins. Co., 5 Cir. 1967, 380 F. 2d 869, 874, cert. denied, 1967, 389 U.S. 9…
• Smith v. United States, 331 F.2d 784 (D.C. Cir. 1964)
  …certain cases. See, e. g., King v. United States, supra note 9; Willis v. United States, 106 U.S.App.D.C. 211, dissenting opinion at 219, 271 F. 2d 477, 485 (1959) ; Porter v. United States, 106 U.S.App.D.C. 150, 270 F. 2d 453 (1959), cert. denied, 363 U.S. 805, 80 S.Ct. 1240, 4 L.Ed.2d 1148 (1960). . The announcement by defense counsel on March 16, 1962 of his unavailability for 30 days came just after the case had been placed upon a “day to day” basis because of appellant’s “speedy trial” motion of Marc…

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• Ala. Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Co., Inc. v. Am. Fid. Life Ins. Co., 606 F.2d 602 (5th Cir. 1979)
  …, 569 F. 2d 297, 299. “ ‘[T]he choice between permissible inferences is for the trier of facts.’ ” Nunez v. Superior Oil Co., 5 Cir. 1978, 572 F. 2d 1119, 1124, quoting, Walker v. U.S. Gypsum Co., 5 Cir. 1959, 270 F. 2d 857, 862, cert. denied, 1960, 363 U.S. 805, 80 S.Ct. 1240, 4 L.Ed.2d 1148. Where a jury is called for, the litigants are entitled to have the jury choose between conflicting inferences from basic facts. Nunez, supra, 572 F. 2d at 1124. However, where the judge is the trier of fact, as was th…