Chapter 4 Extraordinary Writs and Unusual Appeals— State and Federal Courts

Index

• 4.1 Background
• 4.2 Habeas Corpus
• 4.3 Writs of Actual Innocence
• 4.4 Mandamus and Prohibition
• 4.5 Quo Warranto
• 4.6 Appeals of Extraordinary Writs Issued by Lower Courts
• 4.6 Appeals of Interlocutory Decrees and Injunctions
• 4.8 Background
• 4.9 Interlocutory and Early Appeals—jurisdiction
• 4.10 Interlocutory Appeals as of Right—28 U.s.c. § 1292(a)
• 4.11 Discretionary Interlocutory Appeals—28 U.s.c. § 1292(b)
• 4.12 The Collateral Order Doctrine
• 4.13 Federal Extraordinary Writs—jurisdiction
• 4.14 Mandamus and Prohibition
• 4.15 Habeas Corpus
• 4.16 Jurisdiction
• 4.17 Certification Procedures