Legal Opinion
Kidd v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 24, 2000No. 98-7075, 98-7100PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
*37STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure specifies that every “judgment shall be set forth on a separate document” and that “[a] judgment is effective only when so set forth.” The Advisory Committee’s Note to the 1968 Amendment adding the provision states that its purpose is to eliminate “uncertainties” that occur when a court has written “an opinion or memorandum containing some apparently directive or dispositive words.” See also United…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Bankers Trust Co. v. MallisSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. IndrelunasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Girardeau A. Spann v. Colonial Village, Inc. Girardeau A. Spann v. Marvin J. GerstinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Charles Russell Twist v. Edwin Meese, Attorney General, U.S. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Carter v. George Washington UniversityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Saro, CarlosCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- Local Union No. 1992 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, in No. 02-4428 v. The Okonite Company, in Nos. 02-4352 & 03-1555Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. GittensCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
- People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals, Inc. v. GittensCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
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