The practice of unpublished decisions and their precedential value causes much controversy. The practice of unpublished opinions creates a solution for how to deal effectively with heavy caseloads. Electronic databases make unpublished decisions readily available, which removes any secrecy that critics fear. Unpublished opinions are treated in one of three ways by the courts. In addition, three pragmatic issues are created by allowing opinions to go unpublished: 1) the availability of these decisions, 2) the quality of the reasoning in unpublished decisions, and 3) the treatment of unpublished opinions as precedent
Many appellate court opinions are unpublished and have no precedential value. Publication standards ...
This paper begins with the Solicitor [of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]\u27s explanation of t...
Most federal intermediate appellate court opinions are “unpublished”— they have no precedential valu...
The practice of unpublished decisions and their precedential value causes much controversy. The prac...
The federal courts of appeals have used unpublished opinions for thirty years as one method of cop...
Hundreds of thousands of unpublished opinions are now available on electronic databases. Although ...
Imagine that you are an attorney, litigating an appellate case with an atypical fact pattern. You ar...
The rise of cases brought before federal appellate courts has caused most opinions to be designated ...
On December 1, 2006, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 will take effect, allowing citation to...
This Comment is divided into seven parts. Part I provides an overview of the current practice concer...
Professor Dragich examines the no-citation rules of the federal courts of appeals in light of the pu...
In Part I of this essay, I briefly consider the historical arguments for and against the appellate ...
Many commentators, including Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., argue that unpublished opinions serv...
The Honorable Richard S. Arnold gives a federal appellate judge’s perspective of the unpublished opi...
Some legal researchers may assume that all cases decided by federal courts are published. However, m...
Many appellate court opinions are unpublished and have no precedential value. Publication standards ...
This paper begins with the Solicitor [of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]\u27s explanation of t...
Most federal intermediate appellate court opinions are “unpublished”— they have no precedential valu...
The practice of unpublished decisions and their precedential value causes much controversy. The prac...
The federal courts of appeals have used unpublished opinions for thirty years as one method of cop...
Hundreds of thousands of unpublished opinions are now available on electronic databases. Although ...
Imagine that you are an attorney, litigating an appellate case with an atypical fact pattern. You ar...
The rise of cases brought before federal appellate courts has caused most opinions to be designated ...
On December 1, 2006, Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 will take effect, allowing citation to...
This Comment is divided into seven parts. Part I provides an overview of the current practice concer...
Professor Dragich examines the no-citation rules of the federal courts of appeals in light of the pu...
In Part I of this essay, I briefly consider the historical arguments for and against the appellate ...
Many commentators, including Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., argue that unpublished opinions serv...
The Honorable Richard S. Arnold gives a federal appellate judge’s perspective of the unpublished opi...
Some legal researchers may assume that all cases decided by federal courts are published. However, m...
Many appellate court opinions are unpublished and have no precedential value. Publication standards ...
This paper begins with the Solicitor [of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]\u27s explanation of t...
Most federal intermediate appellate court opinions are “unpublished”— they have no precedential valu...