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United States v. W. R. Walters, United States of America v. Two Hundred Sixty-Two Firearms

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Declined by some courts
Court
Sixth Circuit
Citation
638 F.2d 947
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
76 of 76
Citing cases (total)
76
Treatment dates
1983
Declined by some courts
At least one reviewed court has declined to follow this case. No reviewed court has overruled it. United States v. W. R. Walters has one confirmed declined-to-follow treatment, listed below. All 76 flagged citations have been read.
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The Ninth Circuit rejected Walters's rule that failure to object to a magistrate judge's recommendation bars appeal on legal issues. Later Sixth Circuit opinions continued to apply Walters; most other citing opinions applied its notice rule or described disagreements between circuits.

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76 later cases cite United States v. W. R. Walters, United States of America v. Two Hundred Sixty-Two Firearms; 76 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Declined to follow

  • The Ninth Circuit rejected Walters's absolute-waiver approach and held that failure to object does not bar appeal on a magistrate judge's legal conclusions.

    Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School District · Ninth Circuit · filed

    We disagree with the Sixth Circuit's conclusion that a rule of absolute waiver of appeal is necessary to achieve Congress' goal of reducing the workload of district court judges. See Walters, 638 F.2d at 949-50.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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