Rawls v. Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent DePaul, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• arresting agents told defendant that he was facing severe penalties, that he was his own best lawyer, and that full cooperation would be his best course of action
• finding a confession to be voluntary even where “federal agents had gone beyond simply urging the defendant to cooperate and had promised that he would be released on bail if he confessed.”
• even with additional promise that appellant would be let out on bail, confession still held to be voluntary
• “[A] motion for directed verdict is a prerequisite for relief on a motion for a j.n.o.v. under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b).”
• in the absence of a statutory definition in LHWCA of surviving "wife" the applicable local law supplies the meaning of that term
• “[A] motion for directed verdict is a prerequisite for relief on a motion for -4- a j.n.o.v. under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b).”
• statement that defendant faced heavy penalties and that wisest course was cooperation held permissible
• discussing reasons why defendant should cooperate was not coercive