Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ayoob v. Morrison
449 U.S. 1102
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1981-01-12
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- defendant shot and killed the victim during an armed robbery of an A & P Grocery Store
- [w]here there is more than one cause, the plaintiff is a prevailing party if the action was a material factor in bringing about the defendant’s action”
- sustaining automatic statutory appeal against defendant's objections
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 120 opinions
C. A. 3d Cir. Motions of Pennsylvania Bar Association, Pennsylvania Conference of Trial Judges, and Alexander F. Barbieri for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.
Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.