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Supreme Court Rejects Govt Inter-Locutory Appeals in Civil Rights Suits

In a significant ruling the supreme court, in a unanimous opinion, has held that public officials who are sued cannot file inter-locutory appeals when a district court denies their motion for summary judgment based on the sufficiency of the evidence in the case. Instead, government officials can only appeal "neat ...

 

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