At The Lectern

At The Lectern

A blog on the practice of law before the California Supreme Court

Three civil straight grants at this week’s conference

Three civil straight grants at this week’s conference

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Supreme Court refers to State Bar counsel who might have submitted false AI briefing

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Sheriff went rogue in seizing ballots and disobeying Attorney General’s orders, Supreme Court finds

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Another LWOP commutation is greenlighted

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Ballot seizure opinions filing tomorrow

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Supreme Court closed Friday for Native American Day

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September oral argument videos available

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Justice Liu at Harvard Law

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Former Justice Kennard has died

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Supreme Court’s October calendar in Redding has four cases [Updated with additional pro tems]

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Conference recap Part II — five more review denials with dissents

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Tax voting case added to the Supreme Court’s docket — Conference recap Part I

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Supreme Court recommends three more LWOP commutations, one pardon

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Three civil straight grants at this week’s conference

Three civil straight grants at this week’s conference

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Supreme Court refers to State Bar counsel who might have submitted false AI briefing

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Sheriff went rogue in seizing ballots and disobeying Attorney General’s orders, Supreme Court finds

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Another LWOP commutation is greenlighted

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Ballot seizure opinions filing tomorrow

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Supreme Court closed Friday for Native American Day

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September oral argument videos available

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Justice Liu at Harvard Law

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Former Justice Kennard has died

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Supreme Court’s October calendar in Redding has four cases [Updated with additional pro tems]

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Conference recap Part II — five more review denials with dissents

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Tax voting case added to the Supreme Court’s docket — Conference recap Part I

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Supreme Court recommends three more LWOP commutations, one pardon

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Three civil straight grants at this week’s conference

Three civil straight grants at this week’s conference

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Conference recap Part II — five more review denials with dissents

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Tax voting case added to the Supreme Court’s docket — Conference recap Part I

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Supreme Court will hear a nonresident tax case — Conference recap Part II

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No straight grants at the term’s first conference — Part I [Updated]

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Supreme Court to decide whether Los Angeles eviction ordinance is preempted by state law [Updated]

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No straight grants of review this week [Updated]

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Conference recap — Part II

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Supreme Court to hear case about review of arbitrator’s procedural ruling — Conference recap Part I

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Supreme Court will hear murder resentencing evidence case [Updated]

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No straight grants at yesterday’s conference

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Supreme Court will decide family law attorney fee issue, but not an unsuccessful anti-abortion lawsuit [Updated]

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Conference recap Part II — some review denials without dissents

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No stipulated briefing extensions in the Supreme Court

No stipulated briefing extensions in the Supreme Court

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Is a Supreme Court amicus brief application ever premature after review is granted?

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Warning to grant-and-hold counsel: lead-case remittitur may be closer than it appears

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“The California Supreme Court’s average time from briefing to oral argument 2023–24”

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The Chief Justice on remote arguments, issue percolation, rescue missions, and opinion length [Updated with photo]

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Supreme Court affirms and also disapproves Court of Appeal decision in wobbler case

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Supreme Court wants you to not incorporate prior briefing

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“Rescue missions”: the Supreme Court sometimes is an error-correction body

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Don’t split your oral argument time — a caveat

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Don’t split your oral argument time [Updated]

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Former Chief Justice talks about inter-branch tensions, gives practice tips, and advocates for raising State Bar dues at bar association program

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Captioning Supreme Court documents

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The necessity — or not — of preserving issues for Supreme Court review

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