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Appellate Practice

Jun. 4, 2004

New Rule Gives Lawyers More Flexibility in Choosing Citations

Focus Column - Appellate Law - By Aimee Mackay and Catherine Valerio Barrad - In the impassioned debate that surrounded the U.S. Judicial Conference's consideration of a new rule allowing citation to "unpublished opinions," Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal summed up the opposition to proposed Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in this way.

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