Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal · ¶37

The Cohen collateral-order doctrine, which allows federal courts to exercise appellate jurisdiction over certain interlocutory orders, conficts with Congress's authority over federal appellate jurisdiction. U. S. Const., Art. I, § 8, cl. 9; Art. III, § 1. By statute, parties generally cannot appeal before final judgment. See 28 U. S. C. § 1291; ante, at 443– 444. Congress has established certain exceptions to that final-judgment rule that allow parties to appeal some interlocutory orders immediately. E. g., § 1292(a)(1). It has also authorized this Court to create further exceptions through rulemaking. § 1292(e). Cohen's collateral-order doctrine allows judges to create additional exceptions by judicial opinion, which bypasses “ `Congress's designation of the rule- making process as the way to define or refne when a district court ruling is “final” and when an interlocutory order is…

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