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Supreme Court· 3/23/1970

Boardman v. United States

Citations

  • 397 U.S. 991
  • 90 S. Ct. 1124

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • counterclaim seeking damages for bad-faith denial of insurance coverage precludes Rule 54(b) appeal of duty-to-defend ruling
  • “[W]hen the questions remaining in the district court factually overlap those on appeal, presenting a specter of sequential appellate resolution, the appeal is impermissible.”
  • “We accordingly vacate the Rule 54(b) judgment and dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction”
  • 'The possibility that developments in the litigation may moot a claim suggests that appellate resolution be deferred.'
  • 'The possibility that developments in the litigation may moot a claim suggests that appellate resolution be deferred.'
  • “Rule 54(b) departs from the norm of one appeal per case, a norm that prevents duplicative and time-consuming appeals.”

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