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Wied v. Valhi, Inc.

U.S.
Feb 21, 1984
465 U.S. 1026 (1984)

Summary

stating that "[t]o demand a slavish adherence to the procedural sequence and to require these defendants, in this case, to articulate the words of renewal once the motion had been taken under advisement, would be 'to succumb to a nominalism and a rigid trial scenario as equally at variance as ambush with the spirit of the rules.'"

Summary of this case from Scottish Heritable Trust v. Peat Marwick Main

Opinion

No. 83-1019.

February 21, 1984, OCTOBER TERM, 1983.


Sup. Ct. Del. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 466 A. 2d 9.


Summaries of

Wied v. Valhi, Inc.

U.S.
Feb 21, 1984
465 U.S. 1026 (1984)

stating that "[t]o demand a slavish adherence to the procedural sequence and to require these defendants, in this case, to articulate the words of renewal once the motion had been taken under advisement, would be 'to succumb to a nominalism and a rigid trial scenario as equally at variance as ambush with the spirit of the rules.'"

Summary of this case from Scottish Heritable Trust v. Peat Marwick Main
Case details for

Wied v. Valhi, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:WIED v. VALHI, INC

Court:U.S.

Date published: Feb 21, 1984

Citations

465 U.S. 1026 (1984)

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