Appellate Practice
Feb. 18, 2010
The Mysteries of Writs
Myron Moskovitz of Golden Gate University presents the first in a four part series on how to win a writ.
Myron Moskovitz
Legal Director, Moskovitz Appellate Team
90 Crocker Ave
Piedmont , CA 94611-3823
Phone: (510) 384-0354
Email: myronmoskovitz@gmail.com
UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
Many years ago, when I was just a pup a couple of years out of law school, I represented some farmworkers in Sutter County. An unusually rainy spring prevented them from earning much money pruning and thinning the peach and pear trees. They went to the County Welfare Department to get help feeding their families, but the Director turned them down, because "we already have too many people on the rolls." Under the law, this was not a proper reason to deny assistance to eligible applicants, s...
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