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· 2/9/2011

Government of the Virgin Islands v. Mills

Citations

  • 634 F.3d 746
  • 54 V.I. 972
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 2396
  • 2011 WL 420672

How courts have described this case

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

  • \The duty to construe appeal notices liberally is heightened in cases involving pro se appellants.\
  • “The duty to construe appeal notices liberally is heightened in cases involving pro se appellants.”
  • a three member panel of the Court of Appeals cannot set aside or overrule a precedential opinion of a prior three member panel
  • “[A] lack of prejudice will not save a notice that totally fails to comply with the rules.”
  • “[A]s long as the judgment the party intends to appeal is fairly discernible, a no tice of appeal will be deemed sufficient even though it references the wrong case number ... or the wrong judgment date.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: McKee, Fuentes, Smith

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