United States DC Circuit

Where plaintiff received the jury instruction he requested, and passed up an opportunity to submit his own hypothetical question to the jury, he cannot fault the district court for failing to provide him with an opportunity consider his hypothetical questions

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/16/2001
• Decided 05/01/2001
• Published 05/01/2001

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daryl L. Joseffer argued the cause for the appellant.  Elizabeth Petrela was on brief., Lisa Wilson Edwards, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the intervenor.  William R. Yeomans, Acting Assistant Attorney General, was on brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward E. Schwab, Assistant Corporation Counsel, the District of Columbia, argued the cause for the appellees.  Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Assistant Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Thomas L. Koger, Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on brief.