"In other words, Missouri law is clear that a motion that is expressly declared by Supreme Court Rule to be an independent action must be resolved by an independent judgment that meets the ...

Generally speaking, under the ‘final judgment rule,’ a party can only appeal a final judgment—a decision that fully decides and disposes of the whole case, leaving no further questions for future ...

E. Travis Ramey (Alabama Law) has posted to SSRN his manuscript, Interlocutory Appeals in Complex Litigation: A Rule 23(f) for Collective Actions, Tul. L. Rev. (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: The ...

The parties disputed which district court order should be considered the "final judgment" for determining when the clock began to run for DRE Health Corp. to file an appeal. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...