Legal Opinion
Zapata Gulf Marine Corporation v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, Trailer Marine Transport Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1991No. 90-3696PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff-appellee, Zapata Gulf Marine Corporation (Zapata), has filed a motion to dismiss the instant appeal by defendant-appellant Trailer Marine Transport Corporation (Trailer). The basis of the motion is that Trailer’s only notice of appeal was rendered inoperative by the pendency of a motion for pre-judgment interest. Concluding that Zapata is correct, we grant the motion and dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
I
In this antitrust action, on March 2 (all relevant dates being in 1990) the jury found that Trailer was liable to Zapata for various transgressions, including…
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