October 7th: Recently Filed Petition
Christensen v. U.S., filed on October 5th To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link!
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Oct, 2016
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Sep, 2016
September 23rd: Recently Filed Petition
Davidson v. United States, filed on September 21st To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link!
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Sep, 2016
Circuit Court of Appeals: New Brief Size Limits
On December 1st, 2016, new amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) will go into effect. Some of the changes will significantly impact federal appellate practice. A practitioner in a circuit court of appeals will need to pay particular attention to the amendments that will shorten permissible brief limits for briefs. Circuit Court [...]
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Aug, 2016
Legal Writing Tips: Petition Hints For The Non-Lawyer
Cockle Legal Briefs works with non-lawyers filing a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. Occasionally our conversations with our pro se customers move beyond the necessary formatting and content requirements for a Supreme Court brief, and into more basic questions of legal writing. We have a few general legal writing tips. [...]
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Aug, 2016
Legal Writing Tips: Help For The Non-Lawyer
At Cockle Legal Briefs, we work with quite a few non-lawyers filing their own petitions in the U.S. Supreme Court. Occasionally our conversations with these pro se litigants move beyond the necessary formatting and content requirements for a Supreme Court brief, and into more basic questions of legal writing. We have a few general legal [...]
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Aug, 2016
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Information
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is located in San Francisco, California, and serves Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Below are a few unique rules and attributes of the 9th Circuit. Cir. Rule 28-2.6 states that there must be a “Statement of Related Cases” section on the [...]
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Aug, 2016
Legal Brief Format: The Cover
An important element of the legal brief format is the cover. The first item that will be read by the justices, the cover not only provides basic information about the case, it can also convey subtly profound cues about the quality of the argument contained within the pages. The Facts Rule 34.1 lays out the [...]
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Jul, 2016
July 15th: Recently Filed Petitions
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! White v. Pauly, filed on July 11, 2016
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Jul, 2016
July 8th: Recently Filed Petitions
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Callahan v. City of Chicago, filed on July 6, 2016 Roper v. Kawasaki Heavy Indus., Ltd., filed on July 7, 2016
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Jul, 2016
July 1st: Recently Filed Petition
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! Saylor v. Kohl, filed on June 27, 2016