Appellate Practice - Virginia and Federal Courts (Virginia CLE)

2.1 Introduction
5.6 Commandment Five: Select a Limited Number of Issues for Appeal and State Them in Terms of the Concrete Facts of Your Case so as to Suggest the Results Desired
6.7 Reconsideration
Appendix 3-3 Sample Notice of Appeal
4.4 Mandamus and Prohibition
4.15 Habeas Corpus
4.16 Jurisdiction
4.12 The Collateral Order Doctrine
5.3 Commandment Two: Put Yourself in the Position of the Appellate Judges
8.4 Final Observations (by the Late Honorable R. Terrence Ney)
6.9 Formatting Requirements for Motions
Contents
Appendix 2-3 Illustrative Cases Related to Consideration of Arguments Not Made to the Trial Court
Appendix 5-3 Sample Opening Brief of Appellant
Index
3.1 Introduction
Chapters and Authors
7.1 Introduction
7.5 Conclusion
4.17 Certification Procedures
4.9 Interlocutory and Early Appeals—jurisdiction
Appendix 3-1 Frequently Asked Questions About Appellate Mediation in the Fourth Circuit
Appendix 3-2 Forms
8.3 Appellate Practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia (by the Honorable D. Arthur Kelsey)
4.2 Habeas Corpus
6.6 Supplemental Authority
2.6 Commonwealth’s Pretrial Appeal
3.9 Briefs
4.13 Federal Extraordinary Writs—jurisdiction
6.3 Time and Space
4.14 Mandamus and Prohibition
5.10 Commandment Nine: Try to Write in an Interesting and Mind-catching Way That Is Clear and Understandable
4.10 Interlocutory Appeals as of Right—28 U.s.c. § 1292(a)
5.4 Commandment Three: Every Part of a Brief Is Important and Deserves Careful Attention
4.11 Discretionary Interlocutory Appeals—28 U.s.c. § 1292(b)
4.8 Background
3.12 Oral Argument
6.4 Dispositive Motions
3.11 Proceedings in Forma Pauperis
Title and Copyright
2.4 Mechanics of the Appeal
4.1 Background
Appendix 5-2 Sample Petition for Appeal
3.8 Appendix
1.1 Introduction
4.5 Quo Warranto
5.10 Commandment Ten: Sum Up Your Arguments and Tell the Court the Precise Relief Sought
1.5 District Courts
2.5 Capital Sentence Appeals
4.6 Appeals of Interlocutory Decrees and Injunctions
Appendix 5-1 Sample Petition for Appeal
3.7 Disclosure Statement
8.2 Appellate Practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (by the Late Judge Harrison L. Winter)
Appendix 5-4 Bibliography
In Memoriam
2.7 Conclusion
5.7 Commandment Six: State the Facts Persuasively from Your Point of View but with Complete Fidelity to the Record
Acknowledgments
2.2 Protecting the Record in the Trial Court and Assigning Error in the Appellate Court
3.13 Motions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Commandment One: Appeal Only the Case That Merits Appeal
6.8 Recovering Costs
6.1 Introduction
3.2 Protecting the Record in the Trial Court
About the Editors and Authors
6.5 Curing Problems with the Record
3.3 Prerequisites to Appeal
1.2 Supreme Court of Virginia
4.3 Writs of Actual Innocence
1.3 Court of Appeals of Virginia
Appendix 2-4 Standards of Review on Appeal—some Examples
5.5 Commandment Four: Give the Court the History and Nature of the Case Without Confusing a Statement of the Case with a Statement of Facts or Argument
3.6 Transmission of the Record
4.6 Appeals of Extraordinary Writs Issued by Lower Courts
3.5 The Record on Appeal
Preface
3.10 Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition
Appendix 2-1 Summary of Steps in Appeals
5.12 Commandment Eleven: Writing in the Age of Screens
Appendix 2-2 Illustrative Additional Cases Related to Preserving Issues for Appeal
1.4 Circuit Courts
Ebook Information
7.4 Time Management Issues
3.14 Forms
8.1 Introduction (by the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson Iii)
3.4 Perfecting the Appeal
6.2 Maintaining the Status Quo During the Appeal
5.9 Commandment Eight: Reveal and Cope with Adverse Authority as Required by the Canons of Ethics and Common Sense
7.2 Rules of Appellate Oral Argument
5.8 Commandment Seven: Argue Your Points in Order of Strength and Argue Vigorously with Complete Fidelity to the Record
2.3 Prerequisites to Appeal
3.15 Conclusion