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Serif? Don’t Like It: The Clash Over Fonts Roars Back to Life

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A decade ago, talk of fonts was all the rage in North Carolina appellate circles. Jurists were increasingly reading briefs on screens, not on paper. And what works on paper might not work so well on an iPad. (Here’s looking...more

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We’re Not Reading All That! The Court of Appeals Sanctions One Appellant While Warning Everyone Else Not to Use an Appendix to...

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It’s not every day that the Court of Appeals spends almost 12 pages talking about the appellate rules, including why rules compliance is so important. But that’s exactly what the Court of Appeals did in Harney v. Harney. ...more

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Appellate Style Guide Updated

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If you handle appeals in North Carolina, you need a copy of the Style Guide. This guide is put together by the state’s Appellate Rules Committee and updated regularly. I’ve had to handle appeals in other states, where I...more

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Are Jurisdictional Facts Reweighed on Appeal?

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals Disagrees on the Standard of Review of the Industrial Commission’s Jurisdiction - North Carolina appellate courts do not judge the credibility of witnesses or weigh evidence. That is,...more

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Appellate Rulings Not Argued By Any Party; Or Too Many Fingers In The Pie

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Last year, I blogged about State v. Ellis where a passing motorist gave a Highway Patrol trooper the middle-finger salute and was arrested for his trouble. A divided Court of Appeals allowed the defendant’s conviction to...more

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