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· 5/11/1978

Vicente Pinero Schroeder v. Federal National Mortgage Association

Citations

  • 574 F.2d 1117
  • 25 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 875
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 11221

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting claim of “excusable neglect,” emphasizing that “[f]iling a notice of appeal does not require much time or deliberation”
  • attorneys must organize their work so as to meet the time requirements of the matters they are handling
  • “We do not consider the fact that an attorney is busy on other 19 matters to fall within the definition of excusable neglect.”
  • late filed appeal under Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)

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Judges: Coffin, Bownes, Moore

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