Legal Opinion
Sparks v. Hershey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 5, 1981No. Nos. 81-1349, 81-1350PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
These appeals from interlocutory orders of the district court in a civil rights case present two questions for decision. We must decide whether we have jurisdiction to entertain Memorial Hospital’s appeal from the denial of its motion to dismiss a third party complaint brought against it by defendant Bedford County. The district court directed entry of a final judgment on its order denying the motion, pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 54(b). In the appeal brought by Mary Alice Sparks, Administratrix, we must decide whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to…
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