"In other words, Missouri law is clear that a motion that is expressly declared by Supreme Court Rule to be an independent action must be resolved by an independent judgment that meets the ...

Parties failed to show grounds to unwind the final judgment under Rule 60(b). Torres said final judgments are not private property but public legal assets. The judge emphasized that public interest ...

Timing is everything. As any trial lawyer can tell you, the right to an appeal is important. But often, the right to a speedy appeal can be even more valuable. Under the final judgment rule, however, ...

In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that a bankruptcy court’s decision to lift the automatic stay of pending litigation imposed by the Bankruptcy Code is a final, appealable order. But what if a ...

E. Travis Ramey (Alabama Law) has posted to SSRN his manuscript, Interlocutory Appeals in Complex Litigation: A Rule 23(f) for Collective Actions, Tul. L. Rev. (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: The ...