Netsphere, Inc. v. Jeffrey Baron

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.

As a general rule, the courts of appeals have jurisdiction only over the final decisions of the district courts. There are certain exceptions and qualifications to that principle, however. In this case we must decide whether any of them allow us to review several district court orders which, pursuant to the mandate of an earlier decision of our court, awarded fees to a receiver before final judgment had been entered. Concluding that none apply, we dismiss for want of appellate jurisdiction.

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We set out the tangled factual and procedural history of this…