LOUIS J. COUREMBIS AND DOROTHY W. COUREMBIS, APPELLANTS,
v.
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE DRUG FAIR, INC., ET AL., APPELLEES

D.C. Cir. | 1963-03-14
No. 17175
316 F.2d 658 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1963) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that an order dismissing a third-party complaint without an express determination under Rule 54(b) is not a final decision and thus not immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.


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Appellants sought direct review of a district court order dismissing their third-party complaint. The order did not contain an express determination t…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing appellants’ third-party complaint against appellees. This court has no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and, therefore, it will be dismissed.

Appellants sought direct review of the order under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1958), which give this court jurisdiction of appeals from “final decisions” of the District Court. Since the trial court dismissed the third-party complaint without an express determination that there was no just reason for delay, and did not specifically direct the entry of judgment as provided in Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the order, under the clear provisions of that rule, did not finally terminate the action as to any of the claims or parties. In such a case there is no final decision and no appeal lies under § 1291.

Likewise, no appeal can be taken under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (b), for the trial judge did not state in the order that a controlling question of law was involved or that an appeal would materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation. Cf. Sass v. District of Columbia, 114 U.S.App.D.C.,-, 316 F. 2d 366.

Appellants’ fear that they will not be heard on the merits of the dismissal of the third-party complaint, if the pending litigation results in a determination against them, is groundless. Counsel for appellees concedes, as indeed he must, that, if and when the trial court renders a final decision against appellants within the meaning of § 1291, the latter will be entitled to appeal, at which time they may raise the issue of the correctness of the order dismissing the third-party complaint.

Dismissed.


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