Detailed information on the substance of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, including the order in which required items are to appear, can be found in Supreme Court Rule 14.1. Per Rule 14.1, “A petition for writ of certiorari shall contain, in the order indicated:” Questions Presented “The questions presented for review, expressed concisely in [...]
Cockle Legal Briefs formats, reads and prints thousands of Supreme Court and federal circuit court briefs every year. And we have seen every kind of writing—professional and pro se, florid and direct, prose and even poetry. But for all of our experience, we still pause when asked a seemingly basic question: how to write a [...]
APPELLATE BRIEF PROCESS - LEGAL PROOFREADING After we do an initial review of your document as described in my earlier post, The Cockle Appellate Brief Process Part 1, we will typeset and proofread the document, then email a proof to you with our readers’ notes. After you review the proof, you can scan it back to [...]
Below are some of the Court’s legal brief formatting rules that you may find surprising whether you are a first-time filer in the Supreme Court or a seasoned pro. 10. Except for in an “in forma pauperis” case, all briefs must be in a 6 1/8 by 9 1/4 inch booklet. 9. In a petition [...]
One of the services most valued by attorneys is proofreading. Because our goal is for all briefs to be as clean as possible when finished, at Cockle Legal Briefs, your documents are proofread, word-for-word, by two professionally-trained legal proofreaders. Our legal proofreaders are trained to read documents for misspellings, grammatical errors, improper sentence structure, and [...]
The Rules of the U.S. Supreme Court provide very specific guidelines for proper legal brief formatting. When the staff at Cockle Legal Briefs examines a brief for rule compliance, we focus on three main areas to confirm that the brief will meet the strict legal brief formatting requirements of the Court: necessary content, proper font [...]
One of the most common questions we hear from our customers is, “How late can I send you my Supreme Court brief draft?” And many of those customers are surprised to learn that in most instances, they can send the draft as late as the morning before the due date (and sometimes even later if [...]
APPELLATE BRIEF PROCESS - LEGAL BRIEF PRINTING At Cockle Legal Briefs we believe that Better Briefs Win. We strive to craft the highest quality briefs. We succeed because we are the only Supreme Court brief printer to proofread everything with teams of two professional readers. Our staff actively pursues an intimate knowledge of Court practices [...]
You have decided to respond to your opponent’s petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. You know that you have 30 days from the petition’s docketing date to file a brief in opposition, but what sections are required? How do you structure your brief? Does there need to be an appendix? [...]
When confronted with a Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed in the United States Supreme Court, some attorneys will play the odds and let the Court deal with a Petition without even filing a Brief in Opposition. A Respondent may choose to waive the right to oppose a Petition that seems clearly without merit. This [...]