Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Williams v. United States

Williams v. United States, 459 U.S. 835 (1982)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-10-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

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  • declining to apply per se rule to World, Boxing Council suspension practices
  • "[T]he plain error doctrine, especially in civil cases, should be applied only where the ‘error [is] so serious and flagrant that it goes to the very integrity of the trial.’ ”
  • agency need not republish for notice and comment rules that follow logically from, or that reasonably develop, the rule as originally proposed
  • Rule 51 requires party to object before jury retires to preserve jury instruction challenge
  • group boycott claim not subjected to per se analysis

Citator

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.