California Appellate Law

California Appellate Law Online Resources

• California Code of Civil Procedure (Search the California Code)
• California Supreme Court and Appellate Court Rules
• California Appellate Court Opinions
• California Appellate Court Information

More:

• California Appellate Courts – Official California government site.
• Appellate Counsellor Home Page
• Appellate Counsellor Forms for California
  • Notice of Appeal
  • Docketing Statements
  • Notice To Prepare Reporter’s Transcript
  • Notices For Preparation of Documentary Record
  • Sample Briefs
  • Costs on Appeal
  • Miscellaneous Forms
• California Appellate Decisions Noted – From Appellate Counsellor.com.
• California Appellate Defense Counsel
• California Appellate Law Webpage
• California Appellate Specialty Certification Providers – Providers licensed by the California State Bar.
• California Civil Appellate Law
• CapCentral Online – The official Web page of Central California Appellate Program.
  • CapCentral Articles
  • CapCentral Case Summaries
  • CCAP Brief Bank’s Master Index
  • CapCentral Downloadable forms – For the Third and Fifth Districts.
  • CapCentral Web Links
• Civil Justice Association of California – Appellate Program
• Discussions of California appellate cases by topic
• Judge Profiles for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and California Courts of Appeal
• Judicial Profiles: California Courts of Appeal
• Judicial Profiles: California Supreme Court
• Ninth Circuit Appellate Counsellor Page
• Why Hire an Appellate Laywer? – From Horvitz & Levy LLP.

Topics in California Appellate Law – From the Appellate Law Webpage

• The Appellate Process – Statistics on the Timing of the Appellate Process
• Brief Writing – Binding Precedent
• Decisions
  • Statistics on Case Results
  • Publication and Non-Publication of Court of Appeal Opinions
  • Publication Statistics
• Oral Argument – Oral Argument Time Schedules (by District and Division)
• Post-Trial Proceedings in the Trial Court
  • Appealable Orders
  • Timing of Post-Trial Orders
• Supreme Court Review
  • Depublication of Court of Appeal Opinions
  • Petition for Review – Guidelines for Obtaining Review
  • Petition for Review Statistics
  • How The California Supreme Court Decides Whether To Grant Review

Appellate Counsellor Memos – From Appellate Counsellor.com

• Stipulated Reversals and Vacatur
• California Supreme Court Elections 1998
• Discussion of Thompson v. Calderon
• Step by Step down the Road to a Writ of Mandate
• Legal Works ’98 Presentation on List Servers, Discussion Forums and Push Technology
• Discussion of Warden v. State Bar of California
• Appellate Practice in Action – County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Schonert)
• Format Neutral Citations
• Professor William Fletcher’s Nomination to the Ninth Circuit
• Facts about the California Supreme Court’s depublication practice
• Facts About The Ninth Circuit’s Supreme Court Record
• Should the Ninth Circuit Be Split?
• Tips to make sure that your appeal is timely
• Tips for preparation of the record
• Tips on briefing