HILL v. HENDERSON

No. 98-5443.

195 F.3d 671 (1999)

Robert E. HILL, Appellant, v. William J. HENDERSON, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waite P. Stuhl argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Ernest C. Hadley.

Eric M. Jaffe, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the briefs were Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney, and Mark E. Nagle and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

A district court order dismissing one of several claims or parties is not a "final decision" qualifying for immediate appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291—unless the district court expressly determines "that there is no just reason for delay" and enters judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b). The logic of this deferral of review is that, on net, it economizes...

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