Legal Opinion
Ford v. ChartOne, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 2003No. 03-DA-13PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
We have before us an application for permission to appeal an order denying class action certification. The application presents a threshold question of appellate jurisdiction. With certain statutory exceptions that do not apply here, interlocutory orders in civil cases are not appealable as of right. 1 Such orders are appealable only by leave of this court, and D.C.Code § 11-721(d) (2001) provides that we may grant leave only if the trial judge first provides a written statement certifying that her order “involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for a…
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