Federal Deposit Insurance v. Massingill

How courts have described this case

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• holding creditor’s failure to take promised legal action illustrated lack of affirmative action necessary for valid acceleration
• noting that the district court did request additional authorities from the parties concerning the issue it wished to revisit and asked whether there was anything else they wished to present
• admitting testimony regarding files of which the witness was the subsequent custodian
• “The doctrine bars a district court from exercising jurisdiction not 1 only over an action explicitly styled as a direct appeal, but also over the ‘de facto equivalent’ of 2 such an appeal.”

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