YATES

v.

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• United States v. Acosta-Cazares, 878 F.2d 945 (6th Cir. 1989)
  …e 404(b) is limited. United States v. Hatfield, 815 F. 2d 1068, 1072 (6th Cir.1987). We will reverse a district court’s 404(b) ruling only upon a finding of abuse of discretion. United States v. Hamilton, 684 F. 2d 380, 384 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 976, 103 S.Ct. 312, 74 L.Ed.2d 291 (1982) (citing United States v. Czarnecki, 552 F. 2d 698, 702 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 431 U.S. 939, 97 S.Ct. 2652, 53 L.Ed.2d 257 (1977)). “In determining the admissibility of bad acts evidence under Rule 404(b), a t…
• United States v. Hook, 781 F.2d 1166 (6th Cir. 1986)
  …structions and objecting to erroneous ones. Objections to jury instructions are necessary to afford the trial judge the opportunity to correct mistakes in his charge. See, e.g., United States v. Hamilton, 684 F. 2d 380, 385 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 976, 103 S.Ct. 312, 74 L.Ed.2d 291 (1982); United States v. Parisien, 574 F. 2d 974, 976 (8th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 850, 99 S.Ct. 154, 58 L.Ed.2d 154 (1978). Trial counsel, as well as the court, is expected to know the law of the…
• Newmont Mines Ltd. & Esso Res. Canada Ltd. v. Hanover Ins. Co. & Utica Mut. Ins. Co., 784 F.2d 127 (2d Cir. 1986)
  …held that a federal court sitting in diversity must apply the currency conversion rule employed by the courts of the state in which the action was brought. Vishipco Line v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., 660 F. 2d 854, 865 (2d Cir.1981), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 976, 103 S.Ct. 313, 74 L.Ed.2d 291 (1982). Here, the action was commenced in the State of New York, and thus we look to the law of that state for the appropriate rule. As a general rule, New York follows the breach-day rule. Id. at 866; Dougherty v. Eq…