Lauro Lines v. Chasser

Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser, et al.
Argued April 17, 1989
Decided May 22, 1989
Full case nameLauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser, et al.
Citations490 U.S. 495 (more)
109 S. Ct. 1976; 104 L. Ed. 2d 548; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2538; 57 U.S.L.W. 4543; 1989 AMC 1474
Case history
PriorChasser v. Achille Lauro Lines, 844 F.2d 50 (2d Cir. 1988), cert. granted, 488 U.S. 887 (1988).
Holding
The Court laid out the law of interlocutory appeals for United States federal courts.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
MajorityBrennan, joined by unanimous
ConcurrenceScalia
Laws applied
28 U.S.C. § 1291

Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser, 490 U.S. 495 (1989), is the touchstone case in which the United States Supreme Court laid out the law of interlocutory appeals for United States federal courts.