April 15th: Recently Filed Petition
Cockle Legal Briefs is the leading printer of U.S. Supreme Court petitions. Read a recent filing here!
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Apr, 2019
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Feb, 2019
February 22nd: Recently Filed Petition
Benjamin v. Felder Servs., L.L.C., filed on February 18th To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link!
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Feb, 2019
February 1st: New Merits Brief
Brief of State Appellees, in Va. House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, No. 18-281, filed on January 28th To read this Supreme Court merits brief, or to review the Court’s docket for this case, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!
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Dec, 2018
Special Project: Men’s And Women’s 50K Race Walk Events
Every so often, a Cockle customer asks us to help prepare a special document, separate from the legal material that we typically print. Our friend and customer Paul DeMeester recently presented his “Submission in Support of the Men’s And Women’s 50K Race Walk Events” to the International Association of Athletics Federations, and we are happy [...]
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May, 2017
Staff Spotlight: Kaitlin Naylor
Staff Spotlight: Kaitlin Naylor Where Did You Grow Up? Knoxville, Tennessee Job Title: Document Analyst What I Actually Do At Cockle: I assist Cockle’s clients in bringing their filings into compliance with the Supreme Court’s rules either in guiding them through our full service process, providing Camera Ready reviews to bring their [...]
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May, 2016
May 24th: Recently Filed Petition
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! Mech v. Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach Cnty., Fla., filed on May 18, 2016
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May, 2016
Supreme Court May Clarify (or Muddle) “Discretionary Review”
Pending at the U.S. Supreme Court is a “never-before-raised procedural issue,” raised at the Court’s own prompting in “a truly rare move,” that relates to a requirement that everyone filing a petition for certiorari must address every time on the cover. Every petition cover must insert a lower court’s name in the blank in the [...]
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Mar, 2016
Petition Appendix (pt 5)
The first four parts of this series covered the Supreme Court appendix contents that are either required or that are too lengthy to leave in the brief. This final installment addresses a provision that allows pretty much anything, but that should be used with caution. Other Material Believed Essential. Rule 14.1(i)(vi) is the tempting catchall [...]
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Mar, 2016
March 11th: Recently Filed Petitions
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Kim v. Virginia, filed on February 29, 2016 Morales v. Lynch, filed on March 7, 2016 Flowers v. Troup Cnty. Sch. Dist., filed on March 10, 2016
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Mar, 2016
Petition Appendix (pt 4)
Rehearing Denial. The last required appendix document may or may not exist, but if it does, it goes at the end of the required category. This would be an order denying rehearing by the court that issued the final judgment you are directly challenging. Rule 14.1(i)(iii). Or the last document may be something else, depending [...]