Julius Rappaport, A/K/A Jerome Hirsh v. United States

The district court filed a memorandum decision concluding with “Defendant’s mo tion for summary judgment is granted.” On a printed form customarily used in the Northern District of Illinois to record motions presented, appearances thereon, and dispositions thereof, the same sentence was inserted, We understand this form is ordinarily referred to as a “minute order.” The minute order was reflected in a docket entry as follows: “Enter order dated September 21, 1976: Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted, (draft) Grady, J.”

Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal from “the District Court…