Ensley v. Fitzwater

How courts have described this case

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• reinstating appeal where notice of appeal specified wrong judgment but correct judgment was apparent
• notice of appeal was jurisdictionally sufficient where text of notice referred to nonappealable order, but appealable judgment was attached to notice
• because ‘judgment’ and ‘order’ are different things with separate meanings, label ‘judgment order’ should not be used, but defect did not prevent appeal of judgment
• because \judgment\ and \order\ are different things with separate meanings, label \judgment order\ should not be used, but defect did not prevent appeal of judgment
• because “judgment” and “order” are different things with separate meanings, label “judgment order” should not be used, but defect did not prevent appeal of judgment
• jurisdiction upon notice of appeal describing a nonappealable order but attaching copy of an appealable judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).