AUSTIN ET AL.
v.
LEXINGTON INSURANCE CO.

U.S. | 1986-12-01
No. 86-583
479 U.S. 987 Supreme Court of the United States (1986) Caution
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  • …etermine whether the jury based its verdict on a sound or unsound theory.” Pan Eastern Exploration Co. v. Hufo Oils, 855 F. 2d 1106, 1123 (5th Cir.1988); Nowell ex rel. Nowell v. Universal Electric Co., 792 F. 2d 1310, 1312 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 987, 107 S.Ct. 578, 93 L.Ed.2d 581 (1986); Ward v. Succession of Freeman, 854 F. 2d 780, 790 (5th Cir.1988), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 2064, 104 L.Ed.2d 629 (1989). The result is different, however, when the reviewing court can be “reasonably ce…

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