U.S. Supreme Court: Final Decision Gives Losing Party Immediate Right To Appeal

Mealey's (March 27, 2018, 11:26 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 27 unanimously reversed and remanded a ruling by the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a fraud lawsuit brought by a trustee against her son, who was her caretaker and legal adviser, ruling that when one of several cases that have been consolidated under the rules of federal procedure is finally decided, that decision confers upon the losing party the immediate right to appeal, regardless of whether any of the other consolidated cases remain pending (Elsa Hall v. Samuel Hall Jr., et al., No. 16-1150, U.S. Sup.)....