Legal Opinion
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 1981No. 79-1420PublishedCited by 1,251 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
This case presents the question whether a party may take an appeal, pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 1291,1 from a district court order denying a motion to disqualify counsel for the opposing party in a civil case. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that such orders are not appealable, but made its decision prospective only and there*370fore reached the merits of the challenged order. We hold that orders denying motions to disqualify counsel are not appealable final decisions under § 1291, and we therefore vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand with…
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