What appeals courts can review
Allen v. Stein
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Frederick L. Allen and the other petitioners argue that the Fourth Circuit reviewed issues that were not closely tied to, or needed to review, the order under appeal, and relied on a basis the appellants had waived.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Allen and the other petitioners’ request for Supreme Court review, but does not answer whether the Fourth Circuit had authority to review those issues.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
They ask the Supreme Court to review those claims and overturn the appeals court’s action without full review (summary reversal).
The case concerns what an appeals court may review while a lawsuit is still underway.
Question presented
1. Whether, on an interlocutory appeal, a federal court of appeals may exercise pendent appellate jurisdiction to review issues neither inextricably intertwined with nor necessary to ensure meaningful review of the independently appealable order. 2. Whether summary reversal is warranted because the Fourth Circuit transgressed the party-presentation principle by sua sponte exercising jurisdiction on a basis appellants waived.
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