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Supreme Court· 2/25/1981

Carson v. American Brands, Inc.

Citations

  • 450 U.S. 79
  • 101 S. Ct. 993
  • 67 L. Ed. 2d 59
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 69
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 4171
  • 31 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1
  • 25 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1
  • 25 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 31,524

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that an order refusing to approve a consent decree is an order refusing an injunction, and is therefore appealable under § 1292(a)(1)
  • holding that the denial of a motion to enter a consent decree containing injunc-tive relief had the same practical effect as denying an injunction
  • holding that interlocutory review of the refusal of a consent decree may be appropriate when petitioners might lose their opportunity to settle their case on negotiated terms
  • holding that a refusal to enter a consent decree that contains prospective relief is appealable pursuant to § 1292(a)(1) because it has the practical effect of denying an injunction
  • deciding that the lack of appellate jurisdiction in Switzerland Cheese could be traced to the failure of the appellant to meet the two-tier appealability test set out in Carson
  • holding that an interlocutory order is immediately appealable when appellant can show that the order might have a “serious, perhaps irreparable consequence, and that the order can be effectually challenged only by immediate appeal”

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Judges: BrennaN, Brennan

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