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· 11/17/1986

United States v. Michael Paul Houser

Citations

  • 804 F.2d 565
  • 21 Fed. R. Serv. 1376
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 33682

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a challenge to a trial court's admission of evidence \cannot be raised on appeal if no contemporaneous objection was made at trial unless plain error is shown\
  • distinguishing, on this point, between reconsideration of a prior panel’s decision “during the course of a single appeal” and a decision “on a prior appeal”
  • distinguishing, on this point, between reconsideration of a prior panel’s decision “during the course of a single appeal” and a decision “on a prior appeal”
  • \[I]t is the duty of of [sic] this court to dismiss whenever it becomes apparent that we lack jurisdiction.\ (internal quotations omitted)
  • excusable neglect found where defendant, who moved for an extension within thirty days, did all he could do to timely file after learning that attorney had not filed notice of appeal
  • The term \law of the case\ applies to the 11 principle that in order to maintain consistency during the course of a single lawsuit, reconsideration 12 of legal questions previously decided should be avoided.”

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Judges: Alarcon, Boocheyer, Reinhardt

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