Court Opinion

ID: 9447114
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 22:25:50.675199+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:54.115147
License: Public Domain

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge
(concurring and dissenting).
I think that it is clear from the papers before us that Judge Kaufman’s decision of October 7, 1959, 24 F.R.D. 478 was correct and I would therefore affirm that order rather than further prolong the litigation. The affidavits submitted by both parties make it clear that the attorneys for the appellant were fully advised of the judgment of August 18 within a few days of its entry. Thus, as Judge Kaufman’s thorough opinion makes clear, there is no foundation to the claim of “ ‘excusable neglect based on a failure of a party to learn of the entry of the judgment’ ” so as to warrant an extension of the time to file notice of appeal. Rule 73 (a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 77(d) explicitly states that “lack of notice of the entry by the clerk does not affect the time to appeal.” Surely this is the more true when a party in fact knows of the entry. I would affirm the order of October 7 without further delay.