United States collateral order doctrineattorney client privilege

Inc. v. Carpenter

558 U.S. 100 (2009) — full case name is 'Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter'; corpus name 'Inc. v. Carpenter' is truncated. Citation is correct.

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year2009

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Discovery orders adverse to the attorney-client privilege are not immediately appealable as collateral orders under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, because such rulings can be adequately vindicated through post-judgment appeal and other established mechanisms.

Area of Law

General

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