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As we have discussed in our previous blog posts (here & here), the Question Presented is the most important part of your brief because it is the first item that the Justices’ law clerks view. In this blog post I would like to exemplify the qualities of a well-written Question Presented by highlighting the Question [...]
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 [...]
Brief For Petitioner in Direct Mktg. Ass’n v. Brohl, No. 13-1032, filed on September 9, 2014
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Meade v. U.S., filed August 18, 2014.
The decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court not only shape the law of the nation, but can often adjust the weave of our social fabric. To help the justices meet this weighty challenge, the Rules lay out a merits-stage process that offers sources beyond the arguments in the parties’ briefs, to provide information to the [...]
Keele v. U.S., filed on August 29, 2014 Sarno v. U.S., filed on September 2, 2014
Original Actions may proceed through three distinct stages before final resolution. The first is similar to the “petition stage” of a cert petition and the last is similar to the “merits stage.” The second, “interim” stage, is unique. Stage 1 is commenced by filing the Complaint. The Complaint must be preceded by a Motion For [...]
Brown v. U.S., filed on August 26, 2014
On this date in 1961 Clarence Gideon was sentenced to five years in a Florida state prison. What he did next forever changed the American legal system. Clarence Gideon was a simple man with humble beginnings in Hannibal, Missouri. His father died when he was only three years old. He ran away from home after [...]