Edward L. Esneault v. Waterman Steamship Corporation , 449 F.2d 1296 ( 1971 )


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  • 449 F.2d 1296

    Edward L. ESNEAULT, Plaintiff-Appellant,
    v.
    WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

    No. 71-2160 Summary Calendar.*

    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

    October 26, 1971.

    Darryl J. Tschirn, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

    Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Gothard J. Reck, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

    Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

    BY THE COURT:

    1

    Appellee's motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction is granted. The granting of a motion for a mistrial is not a final order which terminates the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing to be done but to enforce by execution what has been determined. Gilmore v. United States, 5 Cir. 1959, 264 F.2d 44, 45. Finality is necessary to bring the order within our appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1291.

    2

    Dismissed.

    Notes:

    *

    Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409