Appellate Practice
Jun. 1, 2021
Putting a contract out on appeals
The intentional deprivation of the life of an appeal can occur contractually.
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.
A cornerstone of our legal system -- and the slogan of the appellate bar -- is that everyone gets at least one appeal. Part of the American credo is that those knocked down get at least one second chance. There's no guarantee, of course, that the outcome will be different -- and that happens only in a minority of cases -- but the underlying foundation is always "two strikes and you're out." In litigation terms, that means you have a right...
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