Midland Asphalt Corp. et al. v. United States

Decided March 28, 1989. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1905 · 489 U.S. 794 (1989) · Cited 910 times

Holding

A district court order denying a defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment for an alleged violation of Rule 6(e) is not immediately appealable under 1291.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Flanagan v. United States · 465 U.S. 259 (1984)
• United States v. MacDonald · 435 U.S. 850 (1978)
• Helstoski v. Meanor · 442 U.S. 500 (1979)
• Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard · 486 U.S. 517 (1988)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• Abney v. United States · 431 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Stack v. Boyle · 342 U.S. 1 (1951)
• Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States · 487 U.S. 250 (1988)
• Lawn v. United States · 355 U.S. 339 (1958)
• Berman v. United States · 302 U.S. 211 (1937)
• DiBella v. United States · 369 U.S. 121 (1962)
• United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co. · 458 U.S. 263 (1982)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. · 511 U.S. 863 (1994)
• Behrens v. Pelletier · 516 U.S. 299 (1996)
• Sell v. United States · 539 U.S. 166 (2003)
• Will v. Hallock · 546 U.S. 345 (2006)
• Cunningham v. Hamilton County · 527 U.S. 198 (1999)
• Lauro Lines S.R.L. v. Chasser · 490 U.S. 495 (1989)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1989). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).