When is a final judgment not final? In an opinion by Justice Thomas unanimously reversing the Second Circuit, the Supreme Court reaffirmed on June 5 that the bar for reopening a final judgment under ...

"In other words, Missouri law is clear that a motion that is expressly declared by Supreme Court Rule to be an independent action must be resolved by an independent judgment that meets the ...

The Law Court typically may only consider an appeal of a “final judgment”—that is, a decision that fully decides and disposes of the parties’ entire case and leaves no further questions for ...

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The West Virginia Supreme Court issued a precedent-setting opinion this week on when it can consider an appeal by a criminal ...

Where one party appealed from a circuit court order granting a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in a divorce case, the appeal was dismissed as premature because the circuit court had not ...