Legal Opinion
Bowles v. Russell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 2007No. 06-5306PublishedCited by 2,359 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
In this case, a District Court purported to extend a party’s time for filing an appeal beyond the period allowed by statute. We must decide whether the Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to entertain an appeal filed after the statutory period but within the period allowed by the District Court’s order. We have long and repeatedly held that the time limits for filing a notice of appeal are jurisdictional in nature. Accordingly, we hold that petitioner’s untimely notice — even *207though filed in reliance upon a District Court’s order— deprived the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction.
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