 | 170B FEDERAL COURTS |
 | 170BVIII Courts of Appeals |
 | 170BVIII(K) Scope, Standards, and Extent |
 | 170BVIII(K)5 Questions of Fact, Verdicts and Findings |
 | 170Bk852 k. What constitutes clear error, and effect thereof. |
C.A.7 (Ill.),1988 To be "clearly erroneous," decision must strike Court of Appeals as more than just maybe or probably wrong; it must strike Court as wrong with the force of a five-week-old, unrefrigerated dead fish. Parts and Elec. Motors, Inc. v. Sterling Elec., Inc., 866 F.2d 228 (1988)

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