Legal Opinion
Blair v. Equifax Check Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1999No. 99-8006PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1992, at the suggestion of the Federal Courts Study Committee, Congress authorized the Supreme Court to issue rules that expand the set of allowable interlocutory appeals. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(e). An earlier grant of jurisdictional rulemak-ing power-28 U.S.C. § 2072(c), which permits the Court to “define when a ruling of a district court is final for the purposes of appeal under section 1291” — had gone unused, in part because it invites the question whether a particular rule truly “defines” or instead expands appellate jurisdiction. Section 1292(e) expressly…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. DieterSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- In the Matter of Rhone-Poulenc Rorer IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Karen L. Keele, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Norman Paul Wexler, Mitchell Wexler and Wexler and WexlerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by85 opinions
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