6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 57 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In re Bridgeport Fire Litigation.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In re Bridgeport Fire Litigation Anchor | green | “1) is separable from and collateral to the main cause of action; 2) involves a right too important to be denied review; and 3) presents a question that, if review is postponed until final judgment in the case, the claim will be irreparably lost.” | 22 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Sartin | green | “the general rule is that, unless otherwise permitted by statute, only appeals from final orders are subject to appellate review.” | 10 |
| 3 | Moyer v. Gresh | green | “the question of the appealability of an order goes directly to the jurisdiction of the court asked to review the order.” | 8 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Borrero | green | “first ascertain whether the order appealed from is properly appealable, because the question of appealability implicates the jurisdiction of this court.” | 8 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Sartin | green | “unless otherwise permitted by statute, only appeals from final orders are subject to appellate review.” | 5 |
| 6 | Commonwealth v. Blystone | green | “although the supreme court will tolerate a degree of interrelatedness between merits issues and the question sought to be raised in the interlocutory appeal, the claim must nevertheless be conceptually distinct from the merits of plaintiff's claim.” | 4 |
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