|
|
Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc., 429 U.S. 648 (1977)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc., 429 U.S. 648 (1977)
Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc. No. 76-613 Decided February 22, 1977 429 U.S. 648
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
Syllabus
A plaintiff in federal court, whether prosecuting a state or federal cause of action, may not appeal from a remittitur order he has accepted. Hence, where petitioner seaman in his action under the Jones Act for injuries sustained on board ship accepted "under protest" a reduced verdict when the District Court ordered a new trial on damages unless petitioner agreed to a remittitur, the Court of Appeal properly dismissed petitioner’s appeal from such order on the ground that a plaintiff cannot "protest" a remittitur he has accepted in an attempt to open it to challenge on appeal.
Certiorari granted; 536 F.2d 536, affirmed.
Contents:
Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc., 429 U.S. 648 (1977) in 429 U.S. 648 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZVR6XICI6NQA9E7.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc., 429 U.S. 648 (1977), in 429 U.S. 648, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZVR6XICI6NQA9E7.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc., 429 U.S. 648 (1977). cited in 1977, 429 U.S. 648. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZVR6XICI6NQA9E7.
|