collateral order
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From 337 U.S. 541 - Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 1949Most cited · 22,577 citing opinions
a small class which finally determine claims of right separable from, and collateral to, rights asserted in the action, too important to be denied review and too independent of the cause itself to require that appellate consideration be deferred until the whole case is adjudicated