Appellate Practice
Apr. 26, 2017
The new 'non-summary summary denial'
In a recent decision, the 4th District created yet another tool for Courts of Appeal to use in quickly dealing with writ petitions. By Susan Horst
Susan Horst
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
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Susan Horst is of counsel with the California Appellate Law Group LLP, an appellate boutique based in San Francisco. She served as a writ attorney in the California Court of Appeal, First District, for 31 years. Find out more about Susan and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com.
Contrary to occasional and misguided slander, the justices of the California Courts of Appeal and their staff attorneys take each writ petition seriously and put in whatever time and effort is required to reach a principled decision. Mindful of the burden and cost to trial courts and parties when a case is stalled pending a writ petition, the Courts of Appeal have come up with a tool kit of options over the years to quickl...
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