Court Opinion

ID: 9533950
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:35:49.23724+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:14.779290
License: Public Domain

ON DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REHEARING
Plaintiff-respondent, Bernice A. Holmes Stobie, has petitioned this Court for a rehearing on the grounds that under federal rules of appellate procedure, Federal Appellate Rule 4, no appeal can be taken from the action of a trial court granting a motion for a new trial. She argues that the Court was bound to apply this rule and dismiss the appeal. However, this Court is, only required to apply federal substantive law. Central Vermont R. Co. v. White, 238 U.S. 507, 35 S.Ct. 865, 59 L.Ed. 1433 (1914). Procedural law is governed by state practice. The right to appeal from a decision granting a new trial is procedural matter, Striebeck v. Employment Security Agency, 83 Idaho 531, 366 P.2d 589 (1961), and therefore governed by Idaho rules. The petition is denied.