Legal Opinion
Waddie Jusino v. Carmen Sonia Zayas, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 1989No. 87-1850, 88-2198PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
We today confront a procedural motley, consisting of a miswritten docket, a timeous motion thought late, a further motion (of uncertain provenance), a wrongly-captioned appeal, a long-delayed reconsideration and reversal of position by the district court (eventuating at a time when its jurisdiction, arguably, was in abeyance), a second appeal, and a compendium of interwoven details (including the remnants of a waived motion for directed verdict). Underneath the case lie, however, more comforting threads — principles of equity and common sense. Their presence allows us to…
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