Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel

This case introduces and applies the final decision rule in the federal court system. It then reviews most of the exceptions to this rule available in federal law.

Two questions to consider as you review this case:

1) Did either party raise the question of lack of appellate jurisdiction at any point during this appeal? What, if anything, does this say about how appellate jurisdiction works? Does this remind you of a doctrine we studied earlier in the course?

2) According to the Liberty Mutual decision, which court lacked appellate jurisdiction?

Supreme Court of the United States

424 U.S. 737, 47 L. Ed. 2d 435, 96 S. Ct. 1202, 1976 U.S. LEXIS 139, SCDB 1975-057

No. 74-1245

1976-03-23

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