28 U.S.C. § 1291
Final decisions of district courts
The courts of appeals (other than the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court. The jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be limited to the jurisdiction described in sections 1292(c) and (d) and 1295 of this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 103,458
cases (16,229 in the last 5 years), 1944–2026 · leading case: North American Butterfly Association v. Chad F. Wolf
North American Butterfly Association v. Chad F. Wolf (2020)
“First, we sua sponte raised a threshold jurisdictional question that we asked counsel to address at oral argument: “whether the finality requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1291 is met here, given that the district court dismissed” the Association’s claims “without prejudice and with…”
Arizona v. Manypenny (1981)
“The court concluded that "only Congress can authorize an appeal by a state in a § 1442 (a) (1) criminal prosecution," and Congress had not done so.”
Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter (2009)
“” 28 U. S. C. §1291 . “Final decisions” encompass not only judgments that “terminate an action,” but also a 2 MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.”
Richardson v. United States (1984)
“The District Court denied this motion, and the Court of Appeals dismissed petitioner's appeal from that ruling for lack of jurisdiction under 28 U. S. C. § 1291 . We now reverse that jurisdictional determination and proceed to address the merits of petitioner's double jeopardy…”
OFS FITEL, LLC v. Epstein, Becker and Green, PC (2008)
“Fitel submits this Court has jurisdiction over its appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and pursuant to United States v.”
Mitchell v. Forsyth (1985)
“III Although 28 U. S. C. § 1291 vests the courts of appeals with jurisdiction over appeals only from "final decisions" of the district courts, "a decision `final' within the meaning of § 1291 does not necessarily mean the last order possible to be made in a case.”
United States v. Hahn (2004)
“We disagree. The government’s argument ignores the fact that the district court’s entry of a sentence constitutes a final order, thereby establishing subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.”
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKey (1956)
“The Court of Appeals upheld its jurisdiction and denied the *429 motion, relying upon 28 U. S. C. § 1291 and Rule 54 (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended in 1946.”
Michael Hayes v. Idaho Correctional Center (2017)
“We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.”
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. (1983)
“After reargument, the en banc court held that it had appellate jurisdiction over the case under 28 U. S. C. § 1291 . It reversed the District Court's stay order and remanded the case to the District Court with instructions for entry of an order to arbitrate.”
Romoland School District v. Inland Empire Energy Center, LLC (2008)
“We must resolve two threshold issues of jurisdiction before we may consider the merits of Plaintiffs' claims: (1) whether the district court's dismissals of the claims in this case present us with a final decision pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 ; and (2) whether the Central…”
Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller (1985)
“259 (1984), the Court unanimously held that pretrial orders disqualifying counsel in criminal cases are not subject to immediate *426 appeal under 28 U. S. C. § 1291 . In this case, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that § 1291 confers jurisdiction…”
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