JD Supra

We’re Not Reading All That! The Court of Appeals Sanctions One Appellant While Warning Everyone Else Not to Use an Appendix to Violate the Court of Appeals Word-Count Limit

It’s not every day that the Court of Appeals spends almost 12 pages talking about the appellate rules, including why rules compliance is so important. But that’s exactly what the Court of Appeals did ...
JD Supra

June 2014: Appellate Practice Update

Comparison of Circuits’ Local Rules. While the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (“FRAP”) set high-level ground rules for appellate practice in the federal courts of appeals, practice in those ...
SCOTUSblog

Walker v. United States

12/05/2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, James Walker 12/05/2019 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner James Walker. 12/05/2019 Motion to extend the time to ...
Law

It's Time for Our Appellate Courts to Embrace the Digital Age

Abolishing the hardcopy requirement would result in more comprehensive appellate briefs that would better aid the judges in deciding cases. Not that long ago, appellate briefs were drafted using a ...