ALEXANDER

v.

GREEN, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Jamison Co., Inc. v. Westvaco Corp., 526 F.2d 922 (5th Cir. 1976)
  …r, in certain limited circumstances, we have the power to review a trial court’s charge sua sponte. See, e. g., Sheppard Federal Credit Union v. Palmer, 5 Cir. 1969, 408 F. 2d 1369, 1371-73; Chagas v. Berry, 5 Cir. 1966, 369 F. 2d 637, cert. denied, 389 U.S. 872, 88 S.Ct. 161, 19 L.Ed.2d 154. See generally C. Wright & A. Miller, supra at § 2558. Here, the jury may have correctly interpreted the instruction, but then erroneously based their calculations on evidence not in the record. In this event, we would…
• Lang v. Tex. & Pac. Ry. Co. & Missouri-Pacific R.R. Co., 624 F.2d 1275 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …See Wallace v. Ener, 521 F. 2d 215, 218-19 (5th Cir. 1975). This court also has held that an appellate court may reverse for plain error in an instruction that was not objected to, Chagas v. Berry, 369 F. 2d 637, 641 (5th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 872, 88 S.Ct. 161, 19 L.Ed.2d 154 (1967), although that power will be exercised only in exceptional cases. Delancey v. Motichek Towing Serv., Inc., 427 F. 2d 897, 901 (5th Cir. 1970). We do not find that the failure to give the proffered instruction in…
• Rodrigue v. Dixilyn Corp., 620 F.2d 537 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …; Industrial Development Board of Town of Section, Ala. v. Fuqua Industries, Inc., 523 F. 2d 1226 (5th Cir. 1975); Sheppard Federal Credit Union v. Palmer, 408 F. 2d 1369 (5th Cir. 1969); Chagas v. Berry, 369 F. 2d 637 (5th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 872, 88 S.Ct. 161, 19 L.Ed.2d 154 (1967); Mondshine v. Short, 196 F. 2d 606 (5th Cir. 1952); Dowell, Inc. v. Jowers, 166 F. 2d 214 (5th Cir. 1948); see generally, 9 C. Wright and A. Miller, Federal Practice & Procedure § 2558, p. 672 (1971). In each cas…