FINAL-JUDGMENT RULE

By SovConn | January 17, 2016

final-judgment rule.The principle that a party may appeal only from a district court’s final

decision that ends the litigation on the merits. • Under this rule, a party must raise all claims of

error in a single appeal. 28 USCA § 1291. — Also termed final-decision rule; finality rule. Cf.

FINALITY DOCTRINE ; INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS ACT. [Cases: Appeal and Error 66;

Federal Courts 571. C.J.S. Appeal and Error § 81.][Blacks Law 8th]