interlocutory order
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 385 U.S. 23 - Switzerland Cheese Association Inc v. E Horne's Market Inc · 1966Most cited · 869 citing opinions
Orders that in no way touch on the merits of the claim but only relate to pretrial procedures are not in our view 'interlocutory' within the meaning of § 1292(a)(1).
How often courts cite the cases defining “interlocutory order”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “interlocutory order” — 1,558 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1929–1966
- ORIGINAL
The orders made upon such applications [to secure or suppress evidence], so far as they affect the rights only of parties to the litigation, are interlocutory.
motion to suppress