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Litigation

Apr. 11, 2006

76,000-Word Appeal Held Up as Everything a Brief Should Not Be

LOS ANGELES - "This is an appeal run amok." So begins a 46-page appellate court ruling that castigates a Sacramento attorney who filed an opening brief three times longer than allowed under the state court rules.

By Leslie Simmons
      Daily Journal Staff Writer
      "This is an appeal run amok."
      So begins a 46-page appellate court ruling that castigates a Sacramento attorney who filed an opening brief three times longer than allowed under the state court rules.
      The opinion takes Julie Lynn Wolff to task for filing a juvenile court appeal tha...

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