Opinion ID: 196501
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Heading: borland's appeal

Text: 6 Borland appeals the district court's orders denying Borland's motion to enter judgment and granting Lotus's motion for a stay of proceedings. We have significant doubts as to our jurisdiction because the orders appealed from appear to be neither final decisions reviewable under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 nor appealable interlocutory orders under the collateral order doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp, 337 U.S. 541 (1949). Our jurisdictional doubts notwithstanding, we believe the wisest course at this juncture is to defer our decision on the jurisdictional questions and the merits until the Supreme Court announces its decision in this case. See, e.g., Glater v. Eli Lilly & Co., 744 F.2d 213, 214 (1st Cir.1984) (decision deferred until Supreme Court decides key issue in another case). We recognize that this appeal will almost certainly become moot when the Supreme Court rules, but that fact counsels against, not for, our deciding the appeal now. Thus, we defer decision on this appeal until the Supreme Court announces its decision in this case.