Neely v. Martin K. Eby Construction Co.

382 U.S. 914 | SCOTUS | 1965

C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari granted. In addition to all the questions presented by the petition, counsel are requested to brief and discuss at oral argument the following questions:

“1. Whether the Court of Appeals, after deciding that respondent should have been granted a judgment n. o. v., had power under Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and our decisions in Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., 330 U. S. 212; Globe Liquor Co. v. San Roman, 332 U. S. 571; and Weade v. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, 337 U. S. 801, to order the case dismissed and thereby deprive petitioner of any opportunity to invoke the trial court’s discretion on the issue of whether petitioner should have a new trial?

“2. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in ordering the District Court not merely to enter a judgment n. o. v. for respondent but to dismiss plaintiff’s case in view of Rule 50 (c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which gives a party whose verdict has been set aside the right to make a motion for a new trial not later than 10 days after entry of the judgment notwithstanding the verdict?”

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