This Cases and Materials on Appellate Practice and Procedure casebook provides an in-depth look at the nature and function of appellate courts, including general rule, litigation, exceptions, sua sponte, final judgment rule, state systems, initiating and perfecting an appeal, timeliness, standards of relief, purpose, content, modification or correction of record on appeal, effective brief writing, oral argument, internal operating procedures, time limitations, pre-hearing or summary disposition, opinions and mandates, written opinion, publication, and citation of opinions.
Table of Contents includes:
 The Nature and Function of Appellate Courts;
Preserving Issues for Appeal;
Parties;
Appealability;
Initiating and Perfecting an Appeal;
Relief Pending Appeal;
The Record on Appeal;
The Brief and Appendix;
Oral Argument;
Internal Operating Procedures;
Opinions and Mandates. |
