DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. v. DESKTOP DIRECT, INC.

No. 93-405.

511 U.S. 863 (1994)

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. v. DESKTOP DIRECT, INC.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Roberts, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were David G. Leitch, Laurence R. Hefter, David M. Kelly, and Thomas C. Siekman.

Rex E. Lee argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Carter G. Phillips, Gene C. Schaerr, Janet M. Letson, John Paul Kennedy, and H. Ross Workman.*

Souter, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 1291 of the Judicial Code confines appeals as of right to those from "final decisions of the district courts." 28 U. S. C. § 1291. This case raises the question whether an order vacating a dismissal predicated on the parties' settlement agreement is final as a collateral order even without a district court's resolution of the underlying cause of action. See Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan...

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