BISSO TOWBOAT CO.

v.

BAZILE

Citator

Cited By (28 total)

• Procup v. Strickland, 792 F.2d 1069 (11th Cir. 1986)
  …has no effect on the current case. As pointed out previously, the district court has not prevented Procup from litigating this case to a conclusion. A situation precisely on point arose in Pavilonis v. King, 626 F. 2d 1075 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 829, 101 S.Ct. 96, 66 L.Ed.2d 34 (1980). Pavilonis brought two civil rights suits against various officials connected with the Boston schools. The district court issued an order enjoining Pavilonis from filing new lawsuits without leave of court and di…

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• Colon Shows v. Jamison Bedding, Inc., 671 F.2d 927 (5th Cir. 1982)
  …). The trial court in passing on a motion for a new trial need not take the view of the evidence most favorable to the verdict winner, but may weigh the evidence. Bazile v. Bisso Marine Co., Inc., 5 Cir. 1979, 606 F. 2d 101, 105, cert. denied, 1980, 449 U.S. 829, 101 S.Ct. 94, 66 L.Ed.2d 33; 11 C. Wright & A. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 2806 at 44-45 (1973). This does not mean that a judge may order a new trial, simply because he disagrees with the jury verdict. He must be convinced that the ve…
• B. DOE, M.D. v. ST. Joseph's Hosp. OF Fort Wayne, 788 F.2d 411 (7th Cir. 1986)
  …85); Salibra, 730 F. 2d 1059; Jefferson Fourteenth Associates v. Wometco de Puerto Rico, Inc., 695 F. 2d 524 (11th Cir.1983); Franklin v. Oregon, 662 F. 2d 1337 (9th Cir.1981); Pavilonis v. King, 626 F. 2d 1075, 1078 & n. 6 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 829, 101 S.Ct. 96, 66 L.Ed.2d 34 (1980); Literature, Inc. v. Quinn, 482 F. 2d 372 (1st Cir.1973); see also Tyler v. Mmes. Pasqua & Toloso, 748 F. 2d 283 (5th Cir.1984) (disapproving sua sponte dismissal prior to answer and noting that issue of failure t…