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MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CARPENTER

No. 08-678.

130 S.Ct. 599 (2009)

558 U.S. 100

MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC., Petitioner, v. Norman CARPENTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Allen, for Petitioner.

Judith Resnick, for Respondent.

Edwin S. Kneedler, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondent.

Randall L. Allen, Daniel F. Diffley, James C. Grant, William M. D'Antignac, Jr., Samuel R. Rutherford, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioner.

Judith Resnik, Dennis E. Curtis, New Haven, CT, Thomas J. Munger, Munger & Stone, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Alan B. Morrison, Washington, DC, Deepak Gupta, Brian Wolfman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, J. Craig Smith, Sean K. McElligott, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Respondent.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 1291 of the Judicial Code confers on federal courts of appeals jurisdiction to review "final decisions of the district courts." 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Although "final decisions" typically are ones that trigger the entry of judgment, they also include a small set of prejudgment orders that are "collateral to" the merits of an action and "too important" to be denied immediate review. Cohen v. Beneficial...

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