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To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Welborn v. Texas, filed on February 10, 2016 Sunrise Children’s Servs., Inc. v. Kentucky, filed on February 10, 2016
A challenging concept for new Supreme Court filers is determining the due date for the petition-stage reply brief. Here is the answer: there is no due date for the petition-stage reply brief. Petitions have set due dates, determined by the concluding date of lower court considerations. Likewise, respondents and amici have clear deadlines, counting from [...]
As has often been noted—in numerous posts on this blog, and by just about any other Supreme Court watcher—that the single most important element of any Supreme Court petition is the questions presented page. This axiom is plain from a reading of Rule 14.1(a), requiring that the questions presented appear on the very first page [...]
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Tarasenko v. Univ. of Arkansas, filed on February 1, 2016 Knight v. Thompson, filed on February 2, 2016 Vawter v. Comm’r of the Ind. Bureau of Motor Vehicles, filed on February 4, 2016
On January 12th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Hurst v. Florida, a death penalty case. Writing for an eight-justice majority, Justice Sonya Sotomayor continued a line of recent Supreme Court rulings that is re-asserting the role of juries under the Sixth Amendment. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to [...]
Brief of Virginia State Board of Elections Appellees in Wittman v. Personhuballah, No. 14-1504, filed on January 27, 2016 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!
Michigan v. Edwards, filed on January 25, 2016 Michigan v. Uyeda, filed on January 26, 2016 Alves v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga., filed on January 27, 2016 Mallards Cove, LLP v. Florida, filed on January 27, 2016 Nagle v. U.S., filed on January 28, 2016 To read any of [...]
Not only can Cockle Legal Briefs help you prepare and file your Briefs in the United States Supreme Court, we can also help you prepare and file Appellate Briefs in the Second Circuit, the Fifth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, or any of the thirteen Federal Circuit Courts. The filing requirements in the thirteen Federal Circuit Courts are complex, and often [...]
Konowaloff v. Yale Univ., filed on January 15, 2016 Washington v. Moi, filed on January 21, 2016 To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!
Reply Brief for Petitioners in Nebraska v. Parker, No. 14-1406, filed on January 12, 2016 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!