Legal Opinion
L. Richard Wolff v. L. Carl Wolff
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1985No. 84-1969PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A party who consented to trial before a magistrate, with appeal of right to the district court pursuant to the Magistrate’s Act, 1 seeks to appeal the district court’s judgment. The Act permits such an appeal only with leave of the circuit court based upon a petition “stating specific objections to the judgment.” 2 Because this court has never announced the standards by which we decide whether or not leave to appeal should be granted, we do so in this opinion. Because these standards were not met in this case, we deny leave and dismiss this appeal.
Richard Wolff,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Navarro Savings Assn. v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Prudence Securities Advisory GroupSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- George E. Penland, Jr., Vernon Ward v. Warren County JailCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Conrad v. JudsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- G. C. Nunn, Receiver, Horace Smith, Fred Nemerovski and Harry Ballis v. Robert L. FeltintonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Michael A. HillmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Jeannette Bumberger, Individually and on Behalf of Kevin Bumberger, a Minor v. Insurance Company of North America and Adt Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Cecil O. Adams v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- State of Louisiana v. Union Oil Co of CACourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Grace Ranch v. BP American ProductionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2021
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