abstract:The All Writs Act is a United States federal statute, codified at , which authorizes the United States federal courts to "issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law."
Initially, Appleagreed toaformalorder to helpthe Justice Department gain access to Mr. Feng'sphone, butJudge Orenstein balked, questioning whether the allWritsActcouldbeused that way.
Posner brought the big guns to bear, citing the seldom-used AllWritsAct to decertify the California class action and accusing Krislov of something close to extortion against Sears.