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RULE 37. INTEREST ON JUDGMENT

Effective Date: 3/1/2003

(a) When the Court Affirms. Unless the law provides otherwise, if a judgment for money in a civil case is affirmed, whatever interest is allowed by law is payable from the date the judgment was entered in the district court.

(b) When the Court Modifies or Reverses. If a judgment is modified or reversed with a direction that a judgment for money be entered in the district court, the mandate may contain instructions about the allowance of interest.

Rule 37 was amended, effective March 1, 2003.

This rule is derived from Fed.R.App.P. 37.

Rule 37 was amended, effective March 1, 2003. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules.

SOURCE: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 25-26, 2002, pages 19-21. Fed.R.App.P. 37.

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