Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal · ¶41
Our collateral-order doctrine establishes three criteria that an order must satisfy to qualify for immediate appeal. The order must (1) “conclusively determine [a] disputed question,” (2) resolve an issue “separate from the merits of the action,” and (3) be “effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment.” Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U. S. 463, 468 (1978). Whether a given order satisfes these criteria does not turn on the “facts of a particular case.” Carroll v. United States, 354 U. S. 394, 405 (1957). Rather, the criteria must be satisfied for the “entire category” of orders. Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc., 511 U. S. 863, 868 (1994).Read in context ›
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