Legal Opinion
Meredith D. Shattuck and Ulo Vahtra (Ibm), Movants-Appellees v. Helmut Hoegl and Giacomo Barchietto (Xerox)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 16, 1975No. 222, Docket 74-1767PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal from an order entered May 7, 1974 in the Western District of New York, Harold P. Burke, District Judge, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 24 (1970),1 directing a deposition witness, Dr. John W. Weigl, to produce certain documents and to testify with respect thereto in connection with a Patent Office interference proceeding, we find decisive the threshold question whether the order is appealable as a final decision within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1970).2
We hold that the order is not appealable and therefore we dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. BrimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Cullen v. MargiottaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Lewis J. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Joe R. Brown v. Britt O. Braddick, Joe R. Brown v. Britt O. BraddickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- In Re Grand Jury Investigation of Ocean TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Evanson v. Union Oil Co.Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals · 1980
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