United States Seventh Circuit

Appeal of a judgment is dismissed where prematurely filed Rule 59(e) motions still qualify as the first Rule 59(e) motions for tolling purposes, thus the merger doctrine applied and an appeal of the denial of a successive Rule 59(e) motion constituted an inappropriate attack on the judgment itself.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/14/2006
• Published 07/14/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Demetreos T. Saltouros (submitted), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Erica M. Landsberg, Emily K. Paster, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.