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Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States, 409 U.S. 151 (1972)

Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States

No. 71-366

Argued October 11, 1972

Decided December 6, 1972

409 U.S. 151

Syllabus

The Expediting Act, providing that, in a civil antitrust action brought by the United States in a federal district court, an appeal from that court's final judgment will lie only to this Court, lodged exclusive appellate jurisdiction over such actions in this Court, and thus bars the courts of appeals from asserting jurisdiction over interlocutory orders covered by 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), as well as over other interlocutory orders specified in § 1292(a). The legislative history of those provisions contains no indication of a congressional intent to impair the original exclusivity of this Court's jurisdiction under the Expediting Act. Pp. 409 U. S. 154-174.

Affirmed.

MARSHALL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and BRENNAN, WHITE, BLACKMUN, and POWELL, JJ., joined. WHITE, J., filed a concurring statement, post, p. 409 U. S. 174. DOUGLAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, post, p. 409 U. S. 174. STEWART, J., filed a dissenting opinion, which REHNQUIST, J., joined, and DOUGLAS, J., joined in part, post, p. 409 U. S. 178.