Mealey's (January 17, 2018, 9:43 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Once a final judgment is entered, a right of appeal exists with no exception and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 doesn’t merge cases, Andrew C. Simpson of Christiansted, Virgin Islands, representing the administrator of an estate, argued Jan. 16 before the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred when it refused to consider his client’s appeal because a companion case by her brother was still pending (Elsa Hall v. Samuel Hall Jr., et al., No. 16-1150, U.S. Sup.)....