As discussed in our recent article, the Virginia General Assembly voted to allow most criminal defendants and civil litigants to have an appeal as of right to the Court of Appeals of Virginia starting ...
The Court of Appeals’ latest batch of opinions includes several reminders about the importance of proving that appellate jurisdiction is proper in an appellant’s opening brief. Not in a conclusory ...
The Supreme Court turns its attention to bankruptcy next Monday when it hears argument in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC. The case involves the authority of a court of appeals to ...
Many appellate practitioners choose against seeking stays from the courts of original instance that ruled against them and, although nothing prevents one from making successive attempts before each ...
Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, said Monday a bill that would grant the Arkansas Court of Appeals original jurisdiction of certain constitutional challenges to state law is ...
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Insofar as the justices split, it was due to long-standing disagreement over the nature of the Court's original jurisdiction. This morning, as expected, the Supreme Court rejected the state of ...
The Supreme Court heard a confusing and wide-ranging discourse yesterday in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC. For the generalist Supreme Court follower, the case is a technical one, ...