Appellate Practice
Apr. 3, 2003
9th Circuit Won't Allow Parties To Create Appellate Jurisdiction
Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Catherine Valerio Barrad and Anne Mayer Turk - It is axiomatic that an appellate court will only hear cases that are properly before it. As the parties in one recent case discovered, it doesn't pay to manufacture appellate jurisdiction, because it results in not having the merits of the arguments heard at all. As the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently stated, "[a] party may not engage in manipulation either to create appellate jurisdiction or prevent it."
Appellate Law
By Catherine Valerio Barrad and Anne Mayer Turk
It is axiomatic that an appellate court will only hear cases that are properly before it. As the parties in one recent case discovered, it doe...
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