On July 22, 2025, the Virginia Court of Appeals issued a published order in Sisco v. Holtzman, Rec. No. 024025, clarifying the rules for assignments of error in appellate proceedings. Assignments matter. The Court of Appeals...more
Rule 3 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure seems pretty clear. A Notice of Appeal must "designate the judgment or order from which appeal is taken." But what might seem clear on its face isn't always so...more