Sign Of Courts' Growing Impatience With Procedural Errors

Law360, New York ( May 26, 2015, 12:20 PM EDT) -- On May 7, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of partial summary judgment in a dispute about an indemnification agreement. That decision, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. v. Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services LP, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 7536, would not normally command a great deal of attention — but for the way in which the court reached its result. The court held that Gateway, the party that unsuccessfully opposed partial summary judgment, waived its right to maintain its appeal because it failed to order a transcript of the underlying proceeding in the trial court. That decision, and some strong words from the court in its opinion, have raised concern within the Third Circuit bar that the court may be becoming more rigid in its application of procedural rules....

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