Federal courts of appeals usually review district court orders only after the entry of final
judgment. There are, however, a number of statutory exceptions to the final judgment rule …

Most of the law of federal appellate jurisdiction comes from judicial interpretations of 28 USC
§ 1291. That statute gives the courts of appeals jurisdiction over only" final decisions" of the …

The United States courts of appeals generally have jurisdiction over only" final decisions" by
a district court.'Most litigants must therefore wait until the end of proceedings in the district …

A unified theory is one which explains a phenomenon once and for all. A grand unified
theory of the universe, for example, would explain its origin and its end, and everything in …

Appellate review of federal district court orders typically requires that the lower court first
enter a final judgment in the proceeding to which those rulings pertain. The collateral order …

This article addresses two issues of federal appellate jurisdiction: whether a court of appeals
has jurisdiction over an appeal (a) where the district court failed to file a separate judgment …

Except for a review of the subject over a decade ago in APPELLATE PROCEDURES IN
TEXAS,'the jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and Courts of Civil Appeals remains a …

Appellate jurisdiction in the federal system has been properly criticized for both its doctrinal
incoherence and its procedural complexity. Although these critiques are well-founded, this …

Within constitutional limits, Congress may create administrative agencies with adjudicatory
power.'Congress may also define the jurisdiction of Article III courts. 2 As a result, Congress …

This article will address two important new responsibilities of the district courts of appeal
under the 1980 amendment to article V, section 3, of the Florida Constitution and the new …