Ray v. Morris, 9652.
| Decision Date | 11 November 1948 |
| Docket Number | No. 9652.,9652. |
| Citation | 170 F.2d 498 |
| Parties | RAY et al. v. MORRIS et al. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit |
Frederick J. Hertz and Harry Shriman, and Schwartz, Allen & Shriman, all of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Frank G. Marshall and Charles D. Stein, and Marshall & Marshall, all of Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.
Before KERNER and MINTON, Circuit Judges, and BRIGGLE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought an action to recover damages under § 205 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, Public Law 129, 80th Congress, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1895, and under the Rent Regulation for Housing (12 F.R. 4331). Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the housing accommodations in question were exempt from the provisions of the Act. The motion was sustained, the cause was dismissed, and judgment was entered against plaintiffs for costs. To reverse the judgment, plaintiffs appealed.
The appeal in this case was docketed in this court on July 2, 1948, and on July 26, 1948 defendants moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that we lacked jurisdiction because of appellants' noncompliance with Rule 73(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as amended, 28 U.S. C.A., effective March 19, 1948. See 329 U.S. 839, 866, 875.
The facts appearing from the record are: March 29, 1948 the complaint was dismissed and judgment was entered against plaintiffs. April 5, 1948 plaintiffs' motion to vacate the order of dismissal was denied. May 24, 1948 plaintiffs' notice of appeal was filed.
Rule 73(a) as amended provides: "When an appeal is permitted by law from a district court to a circuit court of appeals the time within which an appeal may be taken shall be 30 days from the entry of the judgment appealed from unless a shorter time is provided by law, * * *."
Appellant points to Rule 86(b) where it is provided that the amended rules govern in actions then pending, "except to the extent that in the opinion of the court their application in a particular action pending when the amendments take effect would not be feasible or would work injustice, in which event the former procedure applies," and makes the point that in the circumstances of this case, this court should apply the rules in such a manner so as to enable us to consider the case on its merits. The factors called to our attention are, the scarcity of authorities dealing with the problems of the Housing Expediter's functions under the Act of 1947, the number of parties plaintiff (16 in this case), and that no adverse parties have been misled or prejudiced by the filing of the notice of appeal.
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