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- Title: Triton Coal Co. v. Mobil Coal Producing
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 07, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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The essential questions that must be resolved in this case relate to a claim of error for giving an instruction to which no formal objection was lodged at the appropriate time in the trial proceeding and to a claim of error for failure to give an instruction that was withdrawn. The issues are whether, in either instance, the appellant, Triton Coal Company, Inc. (Triton), developed a record that justifies this court in considering the claimed error or, in the alternative, whether the plain error doctrine permits this court to review the claims of error. Triton and Mobil Coal Producing, Inc. (Mobil), appellee, own and operate coal mines near Gillette, Wyoming. Triton, as the plaintiff, alleged that Mobil committed tortious interference with a contract between Triton and Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (Western Farmers), an Oklahoma utility that was a Triton coal customer. The case was tried to a jury, and the jury returned a verdict for Mobil, - Page 507 effectively finding that Mobil had not interfered with Tritons contract with Western Farmers. Triton has endeavored to pique the interest of this court with suggestions of interesting substantive matters that could have resulted in a different determination by the jury. We conclude, however, that there is no justification presented for reversing the judgment entered on the jury verdict because Rule 51, W.R.C.P., controls the disposition of the claimed instructional errors, and there is no reason to apply the plain error doctrine pursuant to Rule 7.05, W.R.A.P. We affirm the judgment of the district court.