ROOT

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (52 total)

• Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp., 485 U.S. 271 (U.S. 1988)
  …nger, 348 U. S., at 184-185. The tendency of the Enelow-Ettelson rule to produce bizarre outcomes is illustrated by the decision in Travel Consultants, Inc. v. Travel Management Corp., 125 U. S. App. D. C. 108, 367 F. 2d 334 (1966), cert. denied, 386 U. S. 912 (1967). In that case, the plaintiff brought suit for specific performance, the defendant counterclaimed for damages for breach of contract, and the trial court stayed its own proceedings pending arbitration. When the defendant challenged the stay or…
• United States v. Enrico Campanale and Donald Matthews, 518 F.2d 352 (9th Cir. 1975)
  …ts’ interpretation of the meaning and effect of the allegations in question is not reasonable.17 [*360] The language in question properly set out legal essentials of the charge. See United States v. Root, 366 F. 2d 377 (9th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 912, 87 S.Ct. 861, 17 L.Ed.2d 784 (1967). That the jury was not confused was demonstrated by the not guilty verdict returned as to Martinez, who is the person named in paragraph (g) of Count 1 as having used threats against a grand jury witness. The sam…
• Edwards v. Sears, 512 F.2d 276 (5th Cir. 1975)
  …to a negligence action. In 1966, however, the Mississippi Supreme Court took a long leap forward, rejecting its pre-MacPherson stance and embracing strict liability in tort. State Stove Mfg. Co. v. Hodges, Miss., 1966, 189 So. 2d 113, cert. denied, 386 U.S. 912, 87 S.Ct. 860, 17 L.Ed.2d 784 (1967). In State Stove, the court adopted Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts Second as the proper standard of a manufacturer’s liability to consumers injured by defectively made products. Section 402A imposes l…