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According to the Supreme Court website: Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children - Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. He received his A.B. from Georgetown University and the University [...]
The filing requirements in the thirteen federal circuit courts are complex, and often confusing. In addition to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, each circuit court operates under its own set of local rules—mandatory practice standards that periodically change, and sometimes conflict with the federal rules—and the various clerks’ offices often adhere to unwritten practices [...]
How to write a legal brief. Putting together the Appendix of your Brief can be confusing. This blog will offer an easy-to-follow outline of what to include and how to gather the information. Some documents—like Petitions—have required Appendix elements. Appendix documents cannot simply be photocopied, but must be typeset to the same standards as a [...]
Sood v. Graham, filed on July 6, 2015
Medytox Solutions, Inc. v. Investorshub.com, filed on June 26, 2015 Johnson v. U.S., filed on June 29, 2015 Loden v. Fisher, filed on June 29, 2015
Today in Supreme Court History. On this day in 2014, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. In a 5-4 ruling, the Court held that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) cannot force a "closely held company" to cover [...]
Duncan v. Owens, filed on June 22, 2015 IDT Corp. v. Blackstone Advisory Partners LP, filed on June 24, 2015 Hines v. Alldredge, filed on June 25, 2015
Pickens v. Aldaba, filed on June 17, 2015
Respondents are not required to file a brief in opposition [except in capital cases], but if you do intend to file a brief in opposition, Supreme Court Rule 15 offers an important caution: [T]he brief in opposition should address any perceived misstatement of fact or law in the petition that bears on what issues properly [...]
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals—like all of the federal circuit courts—uses both the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP), as well as its own set of local rules (LR). The FRAP lays out general practice standards for all of the federal appellate courts, but also allows the circuits to issue their own rules that [...]