Task: songer_trialpro

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. You will be asked a question pertaining to issues that may appear in any civil law cases including civil government, civil private, and diversity cases. The issue is: "Did the court's ruling on procedure at trial favor the appellant?" This includes jury instructions and motions for directed verdicts made during trial. Answer the question based on the directionality of the appeals court decision. If the court discussed the issue in its opinion and answered the related question in the affirmative, answer "Yes". If the issue was discussed and the opinion answered the question negatively, answer "No". If the opinion considered the question but gave a mixed answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part, answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion does not discuss the issue, or notes that a particular issue was raised by one of the litigants but the court dismissed the issue as frivolous or trivial or not worthy of discussion for some other reason, answer "Issue not discussed". If the opinion considered the question but gave a "mixed" answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part (or if two issues treated separately by the court both fell within the area covered by one question and the court answered one question affirmatively and one negatively), answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion either did not consider or discuss the issue at all or if the opinion indicates that this issue was not worthy of consideration by the court of appeals even though it was discussed by the lower court or was raised in one of the briefs, answer "Issue not discussed".

PER CURIAM.
Upon petition for rehearing it is insisted that the court misread the drawings in evidence and erred in holding that, in defendant’s device, “the negative is carried by clamps upon the inner and under portion of the outer frame and the inner frame is used solely for the purpose of hermetically sealing the negative within the outer frame.” 51 F.(2d) 199, 201. A model of defendant’s frame is now presented, and from this it appears that the court did make the error suggested. It follows that the portion of the opinion above quoted should he modified to conform to the fact, which is, that the negative is carried by clamps upon the inner frame to which it is hermetically sealed by pressure and a rubber strip; and the inner frame is then firmly attached tó the outer frame, before use, by pairs of set screws, the opening between the inner and outer frames being sealed by a vertical curtain of flexible rubber cloth.
The foregoing correction in no way requires a different conclusion than that heretofore reached. The two frames of the defendant’s device must still be considered as operatively and functionally integral, and the manner of operation of the device as substantially different from that of the patent (Koppe, No. 1,396,962).
The petition for a rehearing is denied.

Question: Did the court's ruling on procedure at trial favor the appellant? This includes jury instructions and motions for directed verdicts made during trial.
A. No
B. Yes
C. Mixed answer
D. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: D