MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAIN, INC. v. NEOFORMA, INC.

No. 06-3331.

508 F.3d 572 (2007)

MEDICAL SUPPLY CHAIN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEOFORMA, INC.; Robert J. Zollars; Volunteer Hospital Association; Curt Nonomaque; University Healthsystem Consortium; Robert J. Baker; US Bancorp NA; US Bank NA; Jerry A. Grundhofer; Andrew Cecere; Piper Jaffray Companies; Andrew S. Duff; Shugart Thomson & Kilroy, Watkins Boulware, P.C.; Novation, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, Samuel K. Lipari, Interested Party-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Ira Dennis Hawver, Ozawkie, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark A. Olthoff, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Andrew M. DeMarea, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Overland Park, KS, for Defendants-Appellees, U.S. Bancorp, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association, Jerry A. Grundhofer, Andrew Cecere, Piper Jaffray Companies, and Andrew S. Duff.

Stephen N. Roberts, Janice Vaughn Mock, Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP, San Francisco, CA, and John K. Power, Husch & Eppenberger, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees, Neoforma, Inc. and Robert J. Zollars.

Kathleen Bone Spangler, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, and John K. Power, Husch & Eppenberger, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Novation, LLC, Curt Nonomaque, Volunteer Hospital Association, University Healthsystem Consortium and Robert J. Baker.

William E. Quirk, Kathleen A. Hardee, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., and Watkins Boulware, P.C.

Before HARTZ, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.


HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Medical Supply Chain, Inc. (MSC) appeals from a district-court order striking its motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) to alter or amend the judgment against it. Because the notice of appeal was untimely and timeliness is jurisdictional, we dismiss the appeal.

We begin by summarizing the rules that govern the timeliness of this appeal. Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(A) states the general rule that the notice of appeal...

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