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· 7/24/2008

Contino v. United States

Citations

  • 535 F.3d 124
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 15584
  • 2008 WL 2842945

How courts have described this case

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

  • excusing a technical noncompliance because it was not willful and the appellant would otherwise lose the right to appeal
  • “Local rules have the force of law, as long as they do not conflict with a rule prescribed by the Supreme Court, Congress, or the Constitution.”
  • also citing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 83(a)(2

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Calabresi, Straub, Parker

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