Task: songer_post_trl

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 some post-trial procedure or motion (e.g., allocating court costs or post award relief) favor the appellant?" This doe not include attorneys' fees, but does include motions to set aside a jury verdict. 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.
The petitioners, Alker and DuBan, the appellants, who suffered a judgment against them in the court below affirmed on appeal to this court, 3 Cir., 151 F.2d 907, have filed a petition in the nature of a bill of review, seeking to obtain from this court leave to apply to the court below for a new trial. The basis of the petitioners’ application is alleged newly discovered evidence. Assuming that the evidence upon which the petitioners seek to base their motion for a new trial is precisely what the petitioners say it is, none the less it is not such as to overcome the effect of the ruling of the Supreme Court in D’Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., 315 U.S. 447, 62 S.Ct. 676, 86 L.Ed. 956, and the pri- or decision of this court. See 12 U.S.C.A. § 264(s). In our opinion we assumed the existence of a valid oral contract' of a kind then claimed by the petitioners to have existed. We stated that the Integrity Trust Company had no record of this “valid oral contract” not to disturb the owner of the collateral until security values had risen to such a point that Alker could recover his “equity”. See 3 Cir., 151 F.2d at page 908, We note that there is a slight but immaterial change in Alker’s position in that he presently contends that the loan was not to be disturbed for a term of years. The evidence which Alker and DuBan seek now to offer to the court below as a basis for a new trial does not touch the issue of a “secret” agreement as that phrase was used by us in our decision and by the Supreme Court in D’Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. supra. It follows therefore that there is no ground for allowing a bill of review for the issue is not even doubtful. See Pittsburgh Forgings Company v. American Foundry Equipment Co., 3 Cir., 119 F.2d 619, and the authorities cited therein.

Question: Did the court's ruling on some post-trial procedure or motion (e.g., allocating court costs or post award relief) favor the appellant? This doe not include attorneys' fees, but does include motions to set aside a jury verdict.
A. No
B. Yes
C. Mixed answer
D. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: D