In re Maple Tree Place Associates’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “[W]e are concerned that the limited nature of our holding in Lafayette may have been misunderstood. While we set forth specific criteria without which a collateral order wall not be reviewed by this Court, overriding these threshold criteria is our need to balance the possible loss of important rights “against this Court’s policy of avoiding piecemeal review.” 148 Vt. at 292 , 532 A.2d at 562 . Lafayette should not be read as an addendum to the Vermont Rules of Appellate Procedure, creating a virtual entitlement to review of collateral orders. Lafayette offers appellate redress in the small number of extraordinary cases where the normal appellate route will almost surely work injustice, irrespective of this Court’s final decision. . . . Lafayette announced a procedure that will be available when strong need is demonstrated. But it must not be seen as a commonplace alternative to normal appellate review under the rules.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re J.G. · In Re CK

2. “`conclusively determine the disputed question, resolve an important issue completely separate from the merits of the action, and be effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re CK · In Re FEF