BEL ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (32 total)

• United States Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enters., Inc., 429 U.S. 610 (U.S. 1977)
  …ity, and submitted only the issue of damages to the jury. The jury assessed damages, before trebling, of $93,200.. The Court of Appeals reversed the directed verdict and remanded for a new trial on liability. 452 F. 2d 1095 (CA6 1971), cert. denied, 406 U. S. 919. The parties then waived the jury; the trial judge heard additional evidence, and entered extensive findings of fact which were affirmed on appeal. 523 F. 2d 961 (1975). Both courts held that the findings justified the conclusion that petitioners ha…
• Jewett et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 455 U.S. 305 (U.S. 1982)
  …ense in the consideration of any disclaimer. 2. A disclaimer is fundamentally different from a voluntary transfer of property. A disclaimer is a refusal to accept property ab initio. Bel v. United States, 452 F. 2d 683, 693 (CA5 1971), cert. denied, 406 U. S. 919 (1972); see Black’s Law Dictionary 417 (5th ed. 1979). The law of disclaimer is founded on the basic property-law concepts thát a transfer is not complete until its acceptance by the recipient, and that no person can be forced to accept property aga…
• Santa Clara Valley Distrib. Co., Inc. v. Pabst Brewing Co., 556 F.2d 942 (9th Cir. 1977)
  …by definition, a directed verdict is only granted when no reasonable jury could find for the nonmoving party. See Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp., 452 F. 2d 1095, 1097-98 n.3 (6th Cir. 1971) (noting distinction), cert. denied, 406 U.S. 919, 92 S.Ct. 1773, 32 L.Ed.2d 119 (1972). Moreover, in Union Carbide, supra, a case decided just four months after Poller, the Court held that the general statement of the standard for directed verdicts also “governs in ruling upon motions for directe…