Don't Hold Your Fire: How to Oppose Dispositive Motions

• Author: Aaron McLeod
• Pages: 19-20

Appellate Practice American Bar Association Litigation Section Spring 2024, Vol. 43 No. 2 Don’t Hold Your Fire: How to Oppose Dispositive Motions Aaron McLeod Jan 15, 2024 Suppose you're about to be attacked by a bear. There you are, enjoying nature and minding your own business when you spot the hairy beast lumbering toward you. You have three shells left in your shotgun, but you feel confident that two would be enough. Do you save that last shot? Of course not. Two may do it, but you won't know for sure until it's too late to change your mind, and the outcome of that encounter is going to be, well . . . decisive, one way or another. What does this have to do with appeals? Everything. Appellate lawyers are forever going on about...