Opinion ID: 1929990
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Heading: Since the commission order of remand is interlocutory, is the order appealable?

Text: This record reveals a remand by the commission to the administrative judge for further hearing, thereby making this appeal an interlocutory one. There was no request for, nor granting of, an interlocutory appeal at any level before the arrival of this appeal in this Court. This probably is accounted for by the fact that previously interlocutory appeals were not permitted from circuit court. The opinion in Southern Natural Resources v. Polk, 388 So.2d 494 (Miss. 1980) states: To be appealable, the order of the commission must be a final order. Southern Natural Resources, supra; St. Regis Paper Co. v. Lee, 249 Miss. 537, 136 So.2d 250 (1964). Thus, where the commission, on review of a decision of its hearing officer, enters an order remanding the case to the administrative for further proceeding or testimony, the order is interlocutory only and is not appealable.