Becker v. Montgomery
Supreme Court case; procedural issue, FRCP 11 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757 (2001) is a Supreme Court case that addressed Rule 11(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and whether the failure to sign a notice of appeal requires a court to dismiss the appeal.[1]
Quick Facts Dale G. BECKER, Petitioner, Betty MONTGOMERY, Attorney General of Ohio, et al., Argued April 16, 2001 Decided May 29, 2001 ...
Dale G. BECKER, Petitioner, Betty MONTGOMERY, Attorney General of Ohio, et al. | |
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Argued April 16, 2001 Decided May 29, 2001 | |
Full case name | Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757 (2001) |
Docket no. | 00–6374 |
Citations | 532 U.S. 757 (more) 121 S.Ct. 1801; 149 L.Ed.2d 983 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Reargument | Reargument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Holding | |
The Federal Rules requiring a notice of appeal to be signed derives from Rule 11(a), and so does the remedy for a signature's omission; the Sixth Circuit should have accepted Becker's corrected notice. | |
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Laws applied | |
Rule 11(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
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