Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.
459 U.S. 56 (1982) Cited 3,190 times 21 Legal AnalysesHolding that the filing of a notice of appeal "confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal"
N.Y. St. Nat. Organization for Women v. Terry
886 F.2d 1339 (2d Cir. 1989) Cited 647 timesHolding that coercive sanctions should be paid to court and modifying contempt order accordingly
Wisconsin Mut. Ins. Co. v. U.S.
441 F.3d 502 (7th Cir. 2006) Cited 54 timesHolding that, in a case where multiple litigants intend to file notices of appeal, the filing of an appeal by one litigant does not divest the district court of jurisdiction over the claims involving the other litigants
Boumediene v. Bush
476 F.3d 981 (D.C. Cir. 2007) Cited 41 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding alien detained as enemy combatant at Guantánamo Bay has no constitutional right to writ of habeas corpus
Taylor v. Sterrett
640 F.2d 663 (5th Cir. 1981) Cited 81 timesFinding that a district court is divested of jurisdiction upon the filing of a notice of appeal with respect to any matters involved in the appeal, whether that appeal is from a final judgment or an interlocutory order
Venezia v. Robinson
16 F.3d 209 (7th Cir. 1994) Cited 51 timesNoting that a preliminary injunction cannot survive dismissal of the complaint
Webb v. GAF Corp.
78 F.3d 53 (2d Cir. 1996) Cited 41 timesHolding entry of a permanent injunction moots an appeal from a preliminary injunction
Maxwell v. Snow
409 F.3d 354 (D.C. Cir. 2005) Cited 26 timesFinding "patently frivolous" the plaintiff's "requests for declarations that laws passed by Congress [did] not apply to [him] as a `sovereign citizen of the Union of the State of Texas'"
In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases
344 F. Supp. 2d 174 (D.D.C. 2004) Cited 22 timesPermitting review of sensitive evidence through issuance of a protective order
Deering Milliken, Inc. v. F.T.C.
647 F.2d 1124 (D.C. Cir. 1978) Cited 33 timesRecognizing this distinction