Legal Opinion
Felzen v. Andreas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1998No. 97-2829PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
“The rule that only parties to a lawsuit, or those that properly become parties, may appeal an adverse judgment, is well settled. The Court of Appeals suggested that there may be exceptions to this general rule, primarily ‘when the nonparty has an interest that is affected by the trial court’s judgment.’ We think the better practice is for such a nonparty to seek intervention for purposes of appeal; denials of such motions are, of course, appealable.” Marino v. Ortiz, 484 U.S. 301, 304, 108 S.Ct. 586, 587-88, 98 L.Ed.2d 629 (1988) (citations omitted). With these…
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