Legal Opinion
Allison v. Engel
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 2017No. Court of Appeals 15CA1886PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE J. JONES
¶ 1 C.R.C.P. 54(b) allows a district court to enter a final judgment on one claim in a multiple claim case, thereby allowing an immediate appeal of that judgment, but only if certain requirements are met. One of those requirements is that there is “no just reason for delay.” To give due force to the strong policy against piecemeal appeals, a district court must apply this requirement (as well as the others) with caution, and only where doing so is justified by reasons that clearly outweigh the concerns animating that policy. We therefore'hold that to satisfy the…
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