Punch and Jurists

In Re Electronic Submission of Selected Documents, No. None (10th Cir.) (411 F.3d 1159) (October 20, 2004) (Per Curiam) by This Emergency General Order from the Tenth Circuit (and signed by twelve judges) is noted as further evidence of how the Internet has changed the practice of law in the …

Schmier v. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 01-16105 (9th Cir.) (279 F.3d 817) (February 1, 2002) (Judge Paul R. Michel) by

Hart v. Massanari, No. 99-56472 (9th Cir.) (266 F.3d 1155) (September 24, 2001) (Judge Alex Kozinski) by In this lengthy decision, the Ninth Circuit has jumped into the long-simmering debate over the growing use of unpublished decisions by the courts - a topic that we have frequently addressed. (See “Unpublished …

Anastasoff v. U.S., No. 99-3917 EM (8th Cir.) (223 F.3d 898) (August 22, 2000) (Judge Richard S. Arnold) by This decision from a panel of the Eighth Circuit dropped a bombshell - holding that court rules which declare that unpublished opinions cannot be used as precedent are unconstitutional - a …