Atlantic City Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
337 F.2d 844 (2d Cir. 1964)
Relevant factsFree
General Electric Co. (GE) (defendant) served interrogatories on Atlantic City Electric Co. (AC) (plaintiff) seeking to discover whether AC had passed certain damages on to its own electric customers. The district court sustained AC's objections to the interrogatories, and GE sought an interlocutory (pre-trial) appeal of that discovery ruling.
IssueFree
Whether a court should grant a pre-trial leave-to-appeal application when the filing party will still have a full opportunity to assert its rights on appeal from the final judgment.