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IN RE WILLY

No. 87-4607.

831 F.2d 545 (1987)

In re Donald J. WILLY, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Maness, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Donald S. Shire, Sol., Dept. of Labor, Linda Jan S. Pack, counsel, Wendy B. Bader, Co-Counsel, Washington, D.C., J. Richard Hammett, G. Paris Sykes, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Robert C. DeMoss, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before RUBIN, POLITZ, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

As the Supreme Court has observed, "[a]ll our jurisprudence is strongly colored by the notion that appellate review should be postponed, except in certain narrowly defined circumstances, until after final judgment has been rendered by the trial court."1 The final judgment rule is designed to allow litigation in trial courts to proceed without interruption for mediate recourse to appellate courts.

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