Legal Opinion
In Re Recticel Foam Corporation, in Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation. Appeal of Recticel Foam Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 20, 1988No. 88-1204, 88-1298PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
There are two consolidated matters before us at this juncture. They are an odd couple: an interlocutory appeal and a petition for writ of mandamus. 1 Because we find that the challenged orders (1) are not “final” within the purview of 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982), (2) do not come within the encincture of our jurisdiction under any recognized exception to the finality principle, and (3) are not suitable grist for the rarely-used mandamus mill, we pretermit the present proceedings shy of the merits.
I. BACKGROUND
On New Year’s Eve 1986, a conflagration engulfed the San Juan Dupont…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by162 opinions
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