How have the courts treated instructions to the jury in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. McDonald, 576 F.2d 1350 (9th Cir. 1978):
Instructions are not a substitute for argument to the jury. If the judge fairly instructs the jury as to the applicable principles of law so as to allow counsel on each side sufficient latitude to argue what he considers to be key points in his case, the trial judge has performed his duty.
United States v. Campanale, 518 F.2d at 362.
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