Court Opinion

ID: 9449518
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 16:14:21.051346+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:52.116303
License: Public Domain

EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge,
(concurring in the result).
As the court’s opinion shows, the ancient British statute now called § 11-1517 of the District of Columbia Code was never consciously or directly enacted by the Congress of the United States and appellants’ sophisticated argument that Congress enacted it unconsciously and indirectly is not convincing. Even if it were convincing, I think it would not require us to conclude that the ancient British statute is “a statute of the United States” or an “Act of Congress” within the meaning of Rules 54(d) and 81(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. I therefore agree that the exception in Rule 54(d) does not cover this case and the judgment of the District Court should be affirmed.