Case Name: KARAHA BODAS COMPANY, LLC, Appellant, v. VIRGINIA INDONESIA COMPANY; BP MURIAH LTD., f/k/a Atlantic Richfield Muriah, Inc.; BP Berau, Ltd., f/k/a Atlantic Richfield Berau, Inc.; BP Kangen, Ltd; Arco Unimar Holdings, LLC; Lasmo Oil & Gas; Virginia International Company; Exxonmobil Oil Indonesia, Inc.; Mobil Exploration Indonesia, Inc.; Mobil Natuna D-Alpha; Mobil Makassar Inc.; Amoseas Indonesia, Inc.; Chevrontexaco Corp; Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara; Ministry of Finance of the Rebublic of Indonesia
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-02-12
Citations: 57 F. App'x 535
Docket Number: No. 02-2480, 02-3029
Parties: KARAHA BODAS COMPANY, LLC, Appellant, v. VIRGINIA INDONESIA COMPANY; BP MURIAH LTD., f/k/a Atlantic Richfield Muriah, Inc.; BP Berau, Ltd., f/k/a Atlantic Richfield Berau, Inc.; BP Kangen, Ltd; Arco Unimar Holdings, LLC; Lasmo Oil & Gas; Virginia International Company; Exxonmobil Oil Indonesia, Inc.; Mobil Exploration Indonesia, Inc.; Mobil Natuna D-Alpha; Mobil Makassar Inc.; Amoseas Indonesia, Inc.; Chevrontexaco Corp; Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara; Ministry of Finance of the Rebublic of Indonesia.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 57
Pages: 535–537

Head Matter:
KARAHA BODAS COMPANY, LLC, Appellant, v. VIRGINIA INDONESIA COMPANY; BP MURIAH LTD., f/k/a Atlantic Richfield Muriah, Inc.; BP Berau, Ltd., f/k/a Atlantic Richfield Berau, Inc.; BP Kangen, Ltd; Arco Unimar Holdings, LLC; Lasmo Oil & Gas; Virginia International Company; Exxonmobil Oil Indonesia, Inc.; Mobil Exploration Indonesia, Inc.; Mobil Natuna D-Alpha; Mobil Makassar Inc.; Amoseas Indonesia, Inc.; Chevrontexaco Corp; Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara; Ministry of Finance of the Rebublic of Indonesia.
No. 02-2480, 02-3029.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
ARGUED Dec. 16, 2002.
Decided Feb. 12, 2003.
Thomas P. Preston, (Argued), Reed Smith, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant.
Robert K. Payson, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees Virginia Indonesia, BP Muriah Ltd., BP Berau Ltd., BP Kangen, Arco Unimar Holdings, Lasmo Oil & Gas, Virginia Inti. Co.
William J. Wade, (Argued), Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees Exxonmobil Oil Indonesia, Inc., Mobil Exploration Indonesia, Inc., Mobil Natuna D Alpha, Mobil Makassar, Inc.
Michael F. Bonkowski, Saul Ewing, Wilmington, DE, Raymond A. Cardozo, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, San Francisco, CA, for Amoseas Indonesia, Chevrontexa-co Corp.
C. Malcolm Cochran, IV, David A. Felice, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, Matthew D. Slater, (Argued), Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, DC, for Appellees Perusahaan Per-tambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Ne-gara.
Before NYGAARD, ALITO, and MeCKEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
Karaha Bodas Company, LLC sought to collect on a $261 million judgment ordered against Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara ("Pertamina") as a result of international arbitration. The District Court issued sixteen Writs of Execution and Attachment and Restraining Notices. Because of a parallel New York proceeding involving overlapping questions about ownership of certain proceeds, the District Court stayed its proceeding in the interests of judicial economy and to avoid potentially inconsistent rulings. The District Court then stayed enforcement of the restraints until it could address the validity of the restraints on the basis of an adequate record and with the benefit of the potentially dispositive ruling in New York on many of the same legal and factual issues. The only issue we need decide is whether we have appellate jurisdiction over two sets of non-final orders of the District Court temporarily staying pro- eeedings during the pendency of parallel proceedings in another federal district court. We conclude that we do not have jurisdiction and will dismiss the appeal, because the stay orders are not final under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
To be considered final, an order must first "dispose of all claims presented to the district court" and, second, the order must leave "nothing further for the district court to do." Michelson v. Citicorp Nat'l Servs., Inc., 138 F.3d 508, 513 (3d Cir. 1998). We have frequently iterated "the usual rule that a stay is not ordinarily a final decision for purposes of § 1291, since most stays do not put the plaintiff effectively out of court." Id. at 508 (quoting Moses H. Cone Mem'l Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 10, n. 11, 103 S.Ct. 927, 74 L.Ed.2d 765 (1983)).
Here, the District Court explicitly held in the May 10 order that the Stay Orders were not final, did not resolve all of the outstanding issues, and were subject to the District Court's further review. The District Court did not rule on the merits of the arguments raised in the Motion to Quash, and reserved the right to revisit the issue of enforceability:
This ruling, as well as the court's April 26, 2002 Memorandum and Order, should not be interpreted as in any way making a determination of the validity, or invalidity, of the writs and notices at issue. Consideration of that matter, if necessary, is deferred until another day.
The District Court is simply deferring issuing a final decision on the merits until the conclusion of related proceedings, which could have res judicata implications.
There exists, however, "a narrow class of collateral orders which do not meet [the] definition of finality, but which are nevertheless immediately appealable under § 1291." Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.. 517 U.S. 706. 712. 116 S.Ct. 1712. 135 L.Ed.2d 1 (1996). KBC argues that the collateral order exception to the finality requirement-known as the Cohen Doctrine-allows jurisdiction in the instant case. In order to qualify for this exception, KBC must satisfy the three-pronged collateral order test. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas, 485 U.S. 271, 276, 108 S.Ct. 1133, 99 L.Ed.2d 296 (1988). We have "consistently maintained that the collateral order doctrine must be sparingly applied, 'lest the exception swallow up the salutary general rule.' " Gold v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 723 F.2d 1068 (3d Cir.1983).
Here, we conclude that the narrow collateral order exception is inapplicable because disputed questions have not been "conclusively" determined. Gulfstream, 485 U.S. at 276,108 S.Ct. 1133.
In addition, we find Appellant's contention that the stay orders are appealable interlocutory orders under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) to be sophistic. See Cofab, Inc. v. Philadelphia Joint Bd., Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union, 141 F.3d 105, 108 (3d Cir.1998) ("The district court 'enjoined' no party or proceeding but rather stayed its own action regarding the arbitration award pending the outcome of a final NLRB ruling.").
In sum, the stay order is not final and we will dismiss the appeal.