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· 8/14/1992

In Re Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina

Citations

  • 973 F.2d 1133
  • 23 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1133
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 19004
  • 1992 WL 194367

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  • denying a writ of mandamus to com- pel the district court to grant a class certification where the issue was reviewable on appeal from final judgment
  • acknowl- edging that \[w]e must be reluctant indeed\ to permit the petitioner from accomplishing by mandamus that which is prohibited by inter- locutory appeal
  • \The very power of the writ of mandamus demands that its availability be limited to narrow circumstances lest it quickly become a shortcut by which disappointed litigants might circumvent the requirements of appellate procedure mandated by Congress.\
  • “The very power of the writ of mandamus demands that its availability be limited to narrow circumstances lest it quickly become a shortcut by which disappointed litigants might circumvent the requirements of appellate procedure mandated by Congress.”

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Judges: Widener, Hall, Murnaghan, Sprouse, Niemeyer, Luttig

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