Court Opinion

ID: 9667192
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:38:00.947998+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:35.870772
License: Public Domain

VANCE, Justice,
dissenting.
I do not object to the result reached herein so much as I object to the method by which the majority reaches that result.
I believe there is no more important principle in law than the principle that rules of law should be uniformly applied.
If we no longer require a notice of appeal to designate “the judgment” appealed from as specified in C.R. 73.03 and if an appeal may now be taken from an order which is not a “final or appealable judgment” as specified in C.R. 54.01, we should change our rules to permit that practice. Instead, we rely upon the adoption of a catch-all provision in C.R. 73.02(2) which permits consideration of any rule violation regarding appeals upon a case-by-case basis. It is my belief that this case-by-case approach will not result in a uniform application of the law.
I would much prefer that we amend our rules of practice so that they do not constitute a trap for the unwary, but I firmly believe that once a rule of practice is adopted by this court, it should be enforced uniformly as to all.