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Judges and Judiciary,
Appellate Practice

Dec. 21, 2013

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Division 8 of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, at only 12 years old, is one of the youngest courts in California. As members of a new court, its justices may have felt freer to experiment.

Joshua M. Stein

Associate
Hueston Hennigan LLP

Email: jstein@hueston.com

Joshua writes in his personal capacity. The views in this article are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his employer.

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Division 8 of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, at only 12 years old, is one of the youngest courts in California. As members of a new court, its justices may have felt freer to experiment. Notably, it has become one of just a handful of courts nationwide experimenting with issuing tentative opinions. Its practice of issuing tentative opinions orally is worthy of emulation by other appellate courts in California.

Intrigued by the practice of issuing tentative written opinions, the...

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