Jadair Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding notice of appeal not signed by an attorney was “fundamentally defective” and could not be saved by amendment
• overriding purpose of preventing non-lawyers from practicing law rendered ineffective a notice of appeal filed on corporation's behalf by its non-lawyer president
• overriding purpose of preventing non-lawyers from practicing law rendered ineffective a notice of appeal filed on corporation's behalf by its non-lawyer president
• primary purpose of statute preventing the unauthorized practice of law is to protect against inadequate or unethical representation
• primary purpose of statute preventing the unauthorized practice of law is to protect against inadequate or unethical representation
• “[W]hen a notice of appeal is flawed, the court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to hear the appeal”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).