GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. LORD

Nos. 72-1479 and 72-1502.

488 F.2d 1096 (1973)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Miles W. LORD, United States District Judge, Respondent, and Phillips Motors Excelsior, et al., Respondents. PHILLIPS MOTORS EXCELSIOR, INC., et al., Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1973.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Gray, Minneapolis, Minn., for General Motors.

Joe A. Walters, Minneapolis, Minn., for Phillips Motors.

Before MEHAFFY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This action, consolidated by the Court, involves the district court's decision to grant a new trial after a seven week trial in which a jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, General Motors (hereinafter GM). GM, alternatively, seeks mandamus directing the district court to vacate its order and reinstate the jury verdict and enter judgment, or, a review of the district court's decision by way of appeal, reversal of the decision, and...

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