Legal Opinion

Herrington v. County of Sonoma

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 24, 1983No. Nos. 81-4664, 81-7853PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This disposition is an explanation of our November 10, 1982 order reversing the district court and denying the petition for writ of mandamus.

JURISDICTION

Appellee argues this court does not have jurisdiction over the appeal because the order of the district court was not a “final decision.” 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reject this contention because the, impact here was to send Herrington “effectively out of court” as in Idlewild Liquor Corp. v. Epstein, 370 U.S. 713, 715 n. 2, 82 S.Ct. 1294, 1296 n. 2, 8 L.Ed.2d 794 (1962). Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. EpsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. John C. McGuckin v. Dr. Smith John C. Medlen, Dr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  2. Wakefield v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  3. Herrington v. County of SonomaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  4. Mobil Oil Corp. v. City of Long BeachCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Kenneth A. Lee, and Magistrate Bert S. Tokairin and the United States District Court for the District of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986

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