PINION v. DOW CHEMICAL, U.S.A.

No. 90-8508.

928 F.2d 1522 (1991)

Mr. Jesse PINION, Mrs. Jesse Pinion, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Maurice Daffron, Shirley Daffron, Plaintiffs, v. DOW CHEMICAL, U.S.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Cockrill, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

L. Branch S. Connelly, Cook & Palmour, Bobby Lee Cook, Summerville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a close jurisdictional question involving the potential application of the so-called "unique circumstances" doctrine, a judicially created exception to mandatory filing rules that sometimes justifies our exercise of jurisdiction over untimely appeals. Defendant-appellant Dow Chemical U.S.A. ("Dow") appeals the district court's denial of several post-trial motions challenging a final...

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