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· 6/19/2006

Vaccone v. Syken

Citations

  • 899 A.2d 1103
  • 587 Pa. 380
  • 2006 Pa. LEXIS 1004

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an order disqualifying counsel in a civil case is an interlocutory order, which is not immediately appealable
  • finding “orders disqualifying counsel in civil cases are not collateral orders subject to appeal”
  • noting the similarities between our collateral order jurisprudence and the high Court's
  • noting the similarities between our collateral order jurisprudence and the high Court’s
  • circumstances of disqualification of petitioner’s counsel not extreme, or unusual, or of such public importance, that general rule regarding sparing use of extraordinary jurisdiction would not apply
  • “[W]e believe that it has become necessary to remember the purpose of the finality rule, which is to avoid piecemeal litigation, and not to become swallowed up in its exceptions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cappy, Castille, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin

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