California Courts of Appeal,
Appellate Practice
May 7, 2019
Abbreviated justice
California courts generally decide appeals with written decisions, but memorandum opinions do exist under California law.
Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation
Email: bshatz@manatt.com
Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.
EXCEPTIONALLY APPEALING
The big payoff in an appeal is the court's opinion. It's there that the competing positions of the parties are carefully recounted, evaluated, and resolved in a reasoned fashion by wise, neutral Solomons. And if the issues are important or interesting enough, the opinion may even be published as precedential, thereby weaving the fabric of our common law. Heady stuff! This sort of intellectual ex...
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