SHELTON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• Goldstein v. Manhattan Indus., Inc., 758 F.2d 1435 (11th Cir. 1985)
  …o., 512 F. 2d 276, 283 (5th Cir.1975). However, a new trial should be ordered only where the verdict is so excessive as to shock the conscience of the court. Thompson v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., 621 F. 2d 814, 827 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1035, 101 S.Ct. 611, 66 L.Ed.2d 497 (1980); Williams v. Steuart Motor Co., 494 F. 2d 1074, 1085 (D.C.Cir.1974); Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co. v. Abbott, 287 F. 2d 547, 548 (5th Cir.1961). Whether a new trial is required is within the sound discre…
• United States v. Ross, 655 F.2d 1159 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
  …980). But cf. State v. Hatami, No. A-1567-77 (N.J.Super. Ct.App.Div. Nov. 21,1979) (per curiam) (unpublished opinion) (refusing to apply Sanders retroactively to a pre-Chadwick search), certification denied, 85 N.J. 471, 427 A. 2d 567, cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1035, 101 S.Ct. 610, 66 L.Ed.2d 496 (1980). We note, finally, that doubt some courts and commentators expressed, in the wake of Chadwick, about whether the police needed a warrant to search closed containers seized from a car, cannot justify Detec [*116…
• Sterling v. Velsicol Chem. Corp., 855 F.2d 1188 (6th Cir. 1988)
  …t forth any basis for the amount of damages sought for lost wages and earning capacity- While Tennessee compensates victims for the loss of the capacity to earn, Thompson v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., 621 F. 2d 814 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1035, 101 S.Ct. 611, 66 L.Ed.2d 497 (1980); Southern Coach Lines, Inc. v. Wilson, 31 Tenn.App. 240, 214 S.W. 2d 55, cert. denied, Tenn.S.Ct. (1948), a plaintiff must produce the best evidence available to offer a reasonable basis for estimating the exten…