Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Norman Carpenter

Decided December 8, 2009. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 08-678 · 558 U.S. 100 (2009) · Cited 931 times

Holding

Disclosure orders adverse to the attorney-client privilege do not qualify for immediate appeal under the collateral order doctrine.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• Swint v. Chambers County Commission · 514 U.S. 35 (1995)
• Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. · 511 U.S. 863 (1994)
• Will v. Hallock · 546 U.S. 345 (2006)
• Cunningham v. Hamilton County · 527 U.S. 198 (1999)
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord · 449 U.S. 368 (1981)
• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
• Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller · 472 U.S. 424 (1985)
• Ashcroft v. Iqbal · 556 U.S. 662 (2009)
• Upjohn Co. v. United States · 449 U.S. 383 (1981)
• Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · 542 U.S. 367 (2004)
• Church of Scientology of California v. United States · 506 U.S. 9 (1992)
• Cobbledick v. United States · 309 U.S. 323 (1940)
• Sell v. United States · 539 U.S. 166 (2003)
• Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard · 486 U.S. 517 (1988)
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · 417 U.S. 156 (1974)
• Catlin v. United States · 324 U.S. 229 (1945)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Flanagan v. United States · 465 U.S. 259 (1984)
• Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · 339 U.S. 684 (1950)
• Swidler & Berlin v. United States · 524 U.S. 399 (1998)
• LAURO LINES s.r.l. v. Chasser · 490 U.S. 495 (1989)

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• Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank · 575 U.S. 496 (2015)
• Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC · 589 U.S. 35 (2020)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Hall v. Hall · 584 U.S. 59 (2018)
• Kemp v. United States · 596 U.S. 528 (2022)
• Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States · 559 U.S. 229 (2010)
• United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation · 564 U.S. 162 (2011)
• Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski · 599 U.S. 736 (2023)
• Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert · 586 U.S. 188 (2019)
• Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC · 598 U.S. 175 (2023)

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