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STAUBLE v. WARROB, INC.

Nos. 92-1102, 92-1103.

977 F.2d 690 (1992)

Alfred STAUBLE, Individually and f/u/b Warrob, Inc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. WARROB, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellants. Alfred STAUBLE, Individually and f/u/b Montechusetts Leasing Corp., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MONTECHUSETTS LEASING CORP., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Potters, with whom Potters & Brown was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Peter S. Terris, with whom Harvey Nosowitz and Palmer & Dodge were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and ZOBEL, District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to delineate for the first time the outer boundaries of a district judge's power to refer liability determinations to a special master. After assessing the constraints that Article III of the Constitution imposes on Fed.R.Civ.P. 53, we conclude that referring fundamental issues of liability to a master for adjudication, over objection, is impermissible. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment below.

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