Legal Opinion
Reshard v. Britt
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 1987No. 86-3641PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case presents two rather novel issues for review by this court. It involves an action brought in a pro se capacity, in Federal Court, under § 1654 of 28 U.S.C. First, we are called upon to determine whether a district court’s order is immediately appealable within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and the collateral order doctrine; and second, whether plaintiffs, designated as co-representative parties of the decedent’s estate and the real parties in interest, may bring a wrongful death action in Federal Court, under diversity of citizenship jurisdiction, on a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- In Re Air Crash at Dallas/fort Worth Airport on August 2, 1985. David C. Miller, Jr., and M. Dorothy Miller v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Reshard v. BrittCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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