Legal Opinion
Curacao Drydock Co. v. The M/V Akritas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1983No. 83-3212PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Reconsidering earlier dicta, we hold that the notice of appeal of a judgment in an admiralty case, like the notice of appeal in all other civil cases, must be filed within the time limits set by Fed.R.App.P. 4. We are thus constrained to dismiss this admiralty appeal, even though counsel for the appellant may have relied on that dicta, because both we and the district court lack authority to extend the time prescribed by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for filing a notice of appeal.
Counsel for the appellant filed a notice of appeal from the judgment of…
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