Appellate Practice
Jun. 21, 2016
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The principal purpose of citing authorities is obviously to identify the applicable legal rules you contend the court must follow. Less obvious, but of equal importance, is persuading the court that those rules are wise and just, and deserve to be upheld. By David M. Balabanian
LESSONS LEARNED
The principal purpose of citing cases and other authorities to a court is obviously to identify the applicable legal rules you contend it must follow on pain of possible reversal.
Less obvious, perhaps, but of equal importance, is persuading the court that those rules are wise and just, and deserve to be upheld against any attempt to deny or weaken their ap...
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