Shields v. Romine

Fox, Judge:

This proceeding involves the effect to be given to the rules of this Court permitting the filing of petitions to rehear its decisions within thirty days from the date of the order evidencing the same, and the long existing procedure of withholding certification of such decisions, except where otherwise ordered, until the time allowed for rehearing has expired. In other words, do the decisions of this Court become final, in the sense that they can be enforced, until the expiration of the time within which a petition for rehearing can be filed? A decision on this question requires a…