Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2019, Volume 32, Number 1
Content
- California Confidential What Happens In Mediation May Not Stay In Mediation
- Editor's Foreword: Singularly First Person
- From the Section Chair Opportunities for Service
- Masthead
- MCLE Test Questions for Self-Study Test (1 hour of credit)
- Psychology and Persuasion in Settlement
- Running for Judge What I Gained Besides a Judgeship
- Table of Contents
- The Nudge Principle Prompts a Drop in Demurrer Filings
- Tough Cases Canan, Mize & Weisberg, eds. (the New Press, N.Y. 2018)
- We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler
- Why I Am a Cla Litigation Section Member
- The Fight Over Martins Beach: Convincing the Supreme Court to Deny a Tech Tycoon's Attempt to Cut Off Public Beach Access
The Fight Over Martins Beach: Convincing the Supreme Court to Deny a Tech Tycoon’s Attempt to Cut Off Public Beach Access
By Anna-Rose Mathieson
Anna-Rose Mathieson
While many lawyers dream of arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, that’s the last place you want to go after you win a state court appeal. The Court reverses about 70% of cases it decides to review, and even a victory provides little benefit for most litigants since you end up in the same place you were after the state court ruling. (The exception is repeat players like public interest groups or corporations that get value out of establishing a nationwide precedent.) But despite the high stakes and need for careful strategy, briefs opposing certiorari petitions can be a ton of fun to writeâparticularly when your opposing party seems to delight in acting like a villain.
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