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Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)

Citation
Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)
Parent Document
Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1975-05-22

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We think these instructions, albeit inadvertently, may have so distorted the postural image of the litigation in the jury’s mind that its verdict cannot safely be accepted as a proper award of damages should Camalier prevail on retrial of the issue of liability. The unelucidat-ed statement that Madison’s “conduct breached [Camalier’s] rights” may well have led the jury to erroneously believe that the dispute over relocation of Cama-lier’s shop had been legally resolved against Madison, and that Camalier was inexorably entitled to remain in its quarters in the hotel building; 98