Legal Opinion
Communications Network International, Ltd. v. MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc. (In Re WorldCom, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 24, 2013No. 10-4588 (L)PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge LYNCH dissents in a separate opinion.
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
“[T]he taking of an appeal within the prescribed time is mandatory and jurisdictional.” 1 Litigants, moreover, have a responsibility to monitor the docket for the entry of orders they may wish to appeal.2 Nevertheless, the federal rules provide some assistance to litigants in meeting the necessary deadlines. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 77(d) requires the clerk to send notice of the entry of judgment to the parties, and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6) permits a district court to reopen the time within…
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