Opinion

Shima v. Brown

  • 318 U.S. 787
  • 63 S. Ct. 982
  • 87 L. Ed. 1154
  • 1943 U.S. LEXIS 810
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Apr 12, 1943
Status
Published
On the bench
Application, Consideration, Took
Cited by
30 cases
Authority
More cited than 98.9%

“Trial courts have large discretion in regard to costs, and it is not the function of appellate courts to substitute their own discretion”

How later courts described this case

  • “Trial courts have large discretion in regard to costs, and it is not the function of appellate courts to substitute their own discretion”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied.

Mr. Justice *788 Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.

Messrs. John Wattawa and V. O. Hill for petitioner. Mr. Richard E. Wellford for respondent.

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