2018 ABA Journal Appellate Practice articles.
Disbarred lawyer Joel Steinberg, convicted of manslaughter for killing his adopted daughter with a blow to the head, is asking New York’s highest court to overturn a $15 million civil…
Sep 5, 2007 3:47 PM CDT
California’s death row is not only the biggest in the nation but perhaps the most backlogged. The average prisoner waits nearly 20 years to be executed, and, since capital punishment…
Aug 30, 2007 6:14 PM CDT
Concluding a case that has fascinated Canadians for decades, an Ontario appeals court yesterday acquitted Steven Truscott of a 48-year-old crime that originally resulted in a death sentence for him…
Aug 29, 2007 10:56 PM CDT
At the conclusion of five months of testimony in Phil Spector’s murder trial and with closing arguments scheduled to begin on Sept. 5, observers are asking an unusual question. Who…
Aug 29, 2007 9:52 PM CDT
U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement’s appointment to serve as acting attorney general has resulted in a temporary promotion for his deputy Gregory Garre, who…
Aug 28, 2007 2:15 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled a lawyer need not file an appeal that was waived by his client in a voluntary plea bargain, despite rulings to the contrary by…
Aug 17, 2007 11:47 AM CDT
In 27 years of practice, Jon Eisenberg has never had a more difficult case than Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. George W. Bush. One reason why is the extraordinary secrecy imposed…
Aug 15, 2007 3:12 PM CDT
A pending appeal in a wiretaps case is so secret that the lawyer for the plaintiffs wasn’t permitted to see the government’s full brief and had to write his own…
Aug 13, 2007 2:52 PM CDT
The National Rifle Association may be a reluctant Supreme Court suitor in a Washington, D.C., case that challenges the district’s handgun ban.
The lawyer who won a federal appeals court…
Jul 30, 2007 1:12 PM CDT
Two new members of the U.S. Supreme Court reportedly have lost no time in overturning a number of settled precedents. And among those taking note of the situation are members…
Jul 25, 2007 9:22 PM CDT
A Florida judge has refused to impose the death penalty on a specific prisoner, following a botched 30-minute execution of another inmate on Dec. 13.
Ruling Sunday in Ocala, after…
Jul 24, 2007 5:18 PM CDT
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that bigger is not necessarily better.
The San Francisco-based federal appeals court had tried using 15-judge en banc panels, but is…
Jul 24, 2007 1:32 PM CDT
Representing a high-profile client in a major white-collar case can be both a blessing and a curse for a criminal defense attorney. Such cases can bring in big bucks and…
Jul 18, 2007 10:46 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has listened to the critics and scaled back a proposed rule that would have required groups filing amicus briefs to reveal whether parties in the case…
Jul 18, 2007 1:24 PM CDT
Virginia Seitz is living proof that women lawyers can do it all, balancing a high-powered career with a family life.
The Washington, D.C., appellate practitioner, 50, is a partner at…
Jul 16, 2007 10:52 PM CDT
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