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Judges and Judiciary,
Appellate Practice

May 10, 2004

People Deserve the Right to Cite From Unpublished Decisions

Forum Column - By Mike Schmier - Have you been burned by an unpublished appellate opinion that ignored well-established rules of law? Did you know that, rather than publishing all, as in the not-so-distant past, today 90 percent of appellate decisions are ordered "Not to be Published" by the judges who wrote them, and the rules of many courts forbid you to cite them?

Mike Schmier

        Forum Column
        
        By Mike Schmier
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