Vaughn v. Drennon

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that presumption of finality applies “unless a trial court orders a separate trial to resolve a specific issue”
• stating that presumption of finality applies “unless a trial court orders a separate trial to resolve a specific issue”
• noting that “any judgment following a conventional trial on the merits creates a presumption that the judgment is final for purposes of appeal”
• providing that, after a trial, “[i]f there is any doubt as to the judgment’s finality,” then examine the “language of the decree and the record as a whole, aided on occasion by the conduct of the parties”
• explaining that there is “a presumption of finality for judgments that follow a conventional trial on the merits” and that “[a] judgment need not address every party and claim for it to be a final judgment for purposes of appeal”
• acknowledging Aldridge presumption that any judgment following conventional trial on merits is presumed to be final for purposes of appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).