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Court of Appeals Saves Appellant From Post Office Predicament

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It’s the stuff of nightmares: you drop your notice of appeal in the mail 24 days after a summary-judgment order is entered against your client, trusting the post office will manage to get it into the clerk’s hands for filing...more

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Getting Ready to Appeal

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I had the opportunity to spend two weeks in early March as appellate counsel at a hotly contested wrongful death trial. Seated next to lead trial counsel, I had a ringside seat where I could observe the jury minute by minute,...more

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The Michigan Court of Appeals Internal Operating Procedures (a/k/a “the IOPs”)

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When it comes to handling a case in the Michigan Court of Appeals, one of the most useful resources may be the Court’s Internal Operating Procedures (commonly known as the “IOPs”). Although much of the information in the...more

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Jurisdictional vs Nonjurisdictional Appeal Filing Deadlines

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Most of us think of appeal filing deadlines as absolute. That certainly is the case under the Michigan Court Rules. But as demonstrated by a recent decision from the United States Supreme Court, Hamer v Neighborhood Housing...more

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