KING v. NEWBOLD

No. 15-1302.

845 F.3d 866 (2017)

Raymond E. KING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven M. NEWBOLD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith Martin Addy , Attorney, Tabet, Divito & Rothstein, Kimberly A. Beis , Stephen Benson , Attorneys, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Michael John Charysh , Richard A. Tjepkema , Attorneys, Charysh & Schroeder, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, Rovner and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


A defect in appellate jurisdiction prevents us from reaching the merits of this appeal. The threshold jurisdictional question is simple: Did the district court abuse its discretion in granting an untimely motion for a Rule 54(b) judgment? Our precedent is clear: An untimely Rule 54(b) motion may be granted only if there is...

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