Roberts v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• holding that trial court did not have jurisdiction to grant motion for reconsideration and vacate order that was on appeal
• holding that the filing of a notice of appeal deprives the district court of jurisdiction to grant a motion to amend the appealed judgment
• discussing “the confusion and inefficiency which would of necessity result were two courts to be considering the same issue or issues simultaneously”
• “[A] district court ... should certify its inclination or its intention [to grant a Rule 60(b
• a motion labeled only as a motion for reconsideration is regarded as the functional equivalent of a Rule 59 motion
• appeal of a denial of a motion to dismiss on the ground of absolute immunity appealable under the collateral order doctrine

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