Halladay v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court held that the habeas court's discovery order was not an appealable final judgment because it neither terminated a separate and distinct proceeding nor conclusively extinguished a right that could not be addressed through further proceedings. The court therefore affirmed dismissal of the appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and declined to reach the attorney-client privilege merits. It also declined to treat the appeal as an extraordinary public-interest appeal because the matter lacked comparable public interest or urgency.