Vazquez v. Vazquez

How courts have described this case

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

• deciding that the thirty-day requirement to file a notice of appeal found in Rule 5 is not jurisdictional and may be waived by a party’s failure to raise the timeliness issue
• deciding that the thirty-day requirement to file a notice of appeal found in Rule 5 is not jurisdictional and may be waived by a party’s failure to raise the timeliness issue
• “appellate courts will liberally construe purported notices of appeal, particularly those of pro se litigants, and allow an appeal to proceed so long as the intent to appeal the judgment is apparent, and there is not prejudice to the adverse party.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Benjamin v. AIG Insurance
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-04-12· cited 57×
• Simon v. Joseph
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-09-11· cited 57×
• Shoy v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-11-14· cited 36×
• Joseph v. Daily News Publishing Co.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-10-31· cited 34×
• Simpson v. Golden
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-02-09· cited 32×
• Haynes v. Ottley
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-12-01· cited 32×
• Rodriguez v. Bureau of Corrections
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-04-29· cited 31×
• Farrell v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-03-03· cited 29×
• Bryan v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-03-14· cited 23×
• Francis v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-07-31· cited 20×
• Mapp v. Fawkes
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-11-14· cited 19×
• Etienne v. Etienne
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-05-16· cited 18×
• Brown v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-05-25· cited 13×
• Der Weer v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-03-21· cited 13×
• Tip Top Constructions Corp. v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-04-11· cited 11×
• People v. Titre
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-11-25· cited 10×
• Webster v. FirstBank Puerto Rico
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-04-24· cited 9×
• Limetree Bay Terminals, LLC v. Liger
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2024-08-02· cited 3×
• In re the Virgin Islands Bar Association's
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-12-11· cited 2×
• Smith v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-08-04· cited 2×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carafas v. LaVallee
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,591×
• St. Thomas-St. John Board of Elections v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2007-09-17· cited 196×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Martinez
  Third Circuit· 2010-09-08· cited 112×
• Robert A. Berdella v. Paul K. Delo Thelma Branson and Frank J. Murphy, Individually and in His Official Capacity
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-09-14· cited 94×
• Hamilton Ex Rel. Lethem v. Lethem
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2008-10-14· cited 92×
• Winfield C. Patterson v. Julius T. Cuyler, Superintendent, and the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
  Third Circuit· 1984-03-13· cited 86×
• James v. Hubbard
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-05-10· cited 85×
• State v. McElveen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-06· cited 84×
• Putman v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-07-18· cited 73×
• Nini v. Mercer County Community College
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2010-06-01· cited 68×
• Wooldridge v. Hickey
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-10-13· cited 65×
• Roark v. Roark
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-03-19· cited 64×
• Virgin Islands Government Hospitals & Health Facilities Corp. v. Government of the Virgin Islands, Department of Health
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2008-09-16· cited 61×
• Arlington Funding Services, Inc. v. Geigel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-02-09· cited 41×
• Dennis v. Luis
  Third Circuit· 1984-08-10· cited 34×
• Bernhardt v. Bernhardt
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-04-17· cited 31×
• Piper v. Layman
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-06· cited 25×
• Madir v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-06-24· cited 22×
• Grey v. Grey
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 6×
• In Interest of Hq
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1989-10-19· cited 3×