Dupree v. Younger
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Summary
A short, plain-English overview of Dupree v. Younger.
In Dupree v. Younger, the Supreme Court addressed whether a post-trial motion is necessary to preserve a purely legal issue for appellate review. The Court vacated and remanded the case, clarifying that such motions are not required for legal issues resolved at summary judgment. The Fourth Circuit was tasked with determining if the issue raised by Dupree was purely legal.
Holding
The single most important “bottom line” of what the Court decided in Dupree v. Younger.
The Court held that a post-trial motion under Rule 50 is not required to preserve for appellate review a purely legal issue resolved at summary judgment.
Constitutional Concepts
These are the Constitution-related themes that appear in Dupree v. Younger. Click a concept to see other cases that involve the same idea.
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Why Procedural Due Process is relevant to Dupree v. Younger
The case involves the procedural aspect of whether a post-trial motion is necessary to preserve a legal issue for appeal, which relates to the fairness of legal procedures.
Syllabus excerpt (verbatim)A post-trial motion under Rule 50 is not required to preserve for appellate review a purely legal issue resolved at summary judgment.
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Why Judicial Review is relevant to Dupree v. Younger
The case addresses the scope of appellate review and the conditions under which legal issues decided at summary judgment can be reviewed by higher courts.
Syllabus excerpt (verbatim)These conclusions are not 'supersede[d]' by later developments in the litigation, and so such rulings merge into the final judgment, at which point they are reviewable on appeal.
Key Quotes
Short excerpts from the syllabus in Dupree v. Younger that support the summary and concepts above.
A post-trial motion under Rule 50 is not required to preserve for appellate review a purely legal issue resolved at summary judgment.
These conclusions are not 'supersede[d]' by later developments in the litigation.
The Court does not decide whether the issue Dupree raised on appeal is purely legal.
