R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. GIAMBALVO, ESTATE OF SALVATORE GIAMBALVO, JR.

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• concluding that defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity had right to appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291
• noting that compilation of sentencing reports in the 600 cases at issue “consumed the equivalent of one-third of the time of one full-time employee in that District’s probation department”
• “The foundation of [the final judgment rule] is not in merely technical conceptions of ‘finality.’ It is one against piecemeal litigation.” (citation omitted)
• “[T]his court has found post-judgment orders to be ‘final’ for purposes of § 1291 in a variety of criminal and civil contexts.”
• where a party has 6|| appeared, a default entered by the clerk is “void ab initio’
• “The word ‘submit’ means ‘to send or commit for consideration, study, or decision . . . to present or make available for use or study,’ WEBSTER’S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY 2277 (1993

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