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WASTE MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, INC. v. MOWBRAY

No. 99-8015.

208 F.3d 288 (2000)

WASTE MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, INC., Petitioner, v. Robert MOWBRAY, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Carroll, with whom William P. Frank, Mark L. Keene, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP were on brief, for petitioner.

Edward F. Haber, with whom Michelle H. Blauner, Christine E. Morin, and Shapiro, Haber & Urmy LLP were on brief, for respondent.

Before SELYA, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for leave to appeal from a class certification order. It provides us with our first real opportunity to delineate the circumstances in which a court of appeals should exercise its discretion to allow an interlocutory appeal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f). Seizing that opportunity, we offer some general guidance and limn three types of cases in which we will be inclined to grant such applications.

We then move from the general...

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