Stamatakis Industries, Inc., Cross-Appellees v. J. Walter Thompson, U.S.A., Inc., Cross-Appellants

The district court referred some motions for summary judgment in this action to a magistrate judge. After receiving a recommendation that the motions should be granted, the district court entered a minute O order reading: “The plaintiffs’ objections and further objections to Magistrate Buck-lo’s report and recommendation are overruled and the court adopts the magistrate’s recommendation.” Although the clerk checked the box “Judgment is entered as follows”, this order is not a judgment by any stretch of the imagination. Other claims in the litigation were unresolved, and the order did not…