U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 15, 2015
Then again, maybe not
Imagine this: The Supreme Court has granted review, and the legal community is excited that the court will resolve a important question, but then the court doesn't answer the question we all thought it would.
2nd Appellate District, Division 5
Brian M. Hoffstadt
Presiding Justice
California Court of Appeal
UCLA School of Law, 1995
Imagine this: Lightning has struck. The Supreme Court - United States or California - has granted review, and the legal community is excited that the court has agreed to definitively resolve a question that has divided the lower courts for years and is of great importance.
Then, for whatever reason, the court doesn't answer the question everyone thought it would.
One would think this shouldn't happen. Unlike the intermediate courts of appeal beneath them, the supreme courts ge...
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