Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 1294(1) Supreme Court 98 U.S. 187, 194 120 U.S. 141, 149 263 U.S. 25, 28 356 U.S. 525, 537 365 U.S. 127 381 U.S. 657 461 U.S. 731 472 U.S. 585 508 U.S. 49 532 U.S. 588 Circuit Courts 25 F.2d 1161, 1164 235 F.2d 303, 307 738 F.2d 1509, 1516 797 F.2d 1530, 1535-1538 803 F.2d 1488, 1493 837 F.2d 427, 431 859 F.2d 1439, 1442-1443 871 F.2d 952, 954 926 F.2d 1539, 1553-1554 928 F.2d 966, 970 937 F.2d 603 997 F.2d 762, 766 3 F.3d 1419, 1433 17 F.3d 1282, 1284-1285 34 F.3d 257, 265 48 F.3d 1247, 1254 48 F.3d 1548, 1559 72 F.3d 1491, 1496 95 F.3d 948, 958 111 F.3d 1515, 1521 129 F.3d 1408, 1415-1416 148 F.3d 1206, 1213 164 F.3d 511, 514 164 F.3d 545, 553 164 F.3d 1275, 1284 191 F.3d 1281, 1288-1289 208 F.3d 885, 888-889 210 F.3d 1207, 1233 216 F.3d 897, 914-915 223 F.3d 1143 224 F.3d 1203, 1212 255 F.3d 1238, 1241 267 F.3d 1068, 1092 298 F.3d 1184, 1192 310 F.3d 1278, 1299 331 F.3d 1164, 1168 374 F.3d 955, 958 391 F.3d 312, 321-322 431 F.3d 1268, 1288 433 F.3d 772, 783 443 F.3d 1211, 1216 469 F.3d 910, 918 474 F.3d 733, 738-739 475 F.3d 1179, 1185-1186 494 F.3d 1270, 1272 523 F.3d 1219, 1231 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 51(c)(1) Fed. R. Civ. P. 51(d)(2) 30 F. Supp. 2d 1292 73 F. Supp. 2d 1250, 1254 311 F. Supp. 2d 1048, 1117 616 F. Supp. 790, 794 734 F. Supp. 1181 Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 403