Wilson v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
We must decide whether we have jurisdiction over this appeal, which was not an appeal from final judgment and in which no Rule 54(b) certificate was granted at the time the appellants filed their notice of civil appeal. We hold that this court has jurisdiction over this appeal. We then must decide whether a state’s substantive law or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern the relation-back amendment of a fictitious defendant. We affirm the district court’s application of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Jurisdiction over this Appeal
Absent some exception, we have jurisdiction over…
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- Barthel v. StammCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
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