James CASEY, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent

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• holding that appellate brief filed within ten days after district court’s certification order was the “functional equivalent of a petition for leave to appeal”
• holding that the district court's decision to set aside the jury award did not present a controlling issue of law warranting certification of an interlocutory appeal under § 1292(b
• assuming that after the 2002 amendments to Rule 58, a jury special verdict would trigger the 150-day alternative date for entry of judgment
• merits brief filed in court of appeals before section 1292(b)’s ten-day deadline was functional equivalent of application
• “[Section 1292(b)], by its terms, thus imposes both procedural and substantive requirements on a would-be appellant.”
• “[Section 1292(b)], by its terms, thus imposes both procedural and substantive requirements on a would-be appellant.”

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