Index

• Library: Appellate Practice - Virginia and Federal Courts (Virginia CLE) (2016 Ed.)

INDEX

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ABBREVIATED RECORD	49
ADDENDUM TO BRIEF	60, 276
ADMIRALTY	127, 135, 244
ALL WRITS STATUTE	250, 254
AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY
Circuit courts of Virginia	10, 12
Court of Appeals of Virginia	33
Supreme Court of Virginia	3, 33
APPEAL BOND
Generally	42
Appeal from SCC	44
Court of Appeals of Virginia	45
Dissipation of assets	45
Execution of bonds	44
Exemptions	45
For costs of appeal	42
For suspension of execution	42
Forms	45
Increase or decrease in penalty	43
Letters of credit	44
Modification of security	43
Notice of filing	44
Supreme Court of Virginia	69, 76
APPEAL BY PERMISSION
Generally	133, 245
Class certification	127
Petition	246
Prerequisites	127
APPEAL OF RIGHT
Court of Appeals of Virginia	6, 28, 58
Federal court	127, 129
Supreme Court of Virginia	3
APPENDIX
Generally	276
Capital sentence appeals	78
Court of Appeals of Virginia	60
Federal court	144, 147, 148
Joint	435, 439
Page numbers	301
Supreme Court of Virginia	76
ARGUMENT BY CONFERENCE CALL. See ORAL ARGUMENT

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ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR
Common errors by counsel	16
Court of Appeals of Virginia	45, 75, 277, 278
Number of	267
Petition to Supreme Court or Court of Appeals
of Virginia	53, 72, 282, 285
Supreme Court of Virginia	75, 277, 278, 435
BANKRUPTCY APPEALS	135
BENCH CONFERENCES	126
BRIEF BANKS	270
BRIEF IN OPPOSITION
Capital sentence appeals	82
Common errors by counsel	53
Court of Appeals of Virginia	56
Short notice brief	268
Supreme Court of Virginia	65
BRIEF WRITING
Adverse authority	271, 305, 307
Bookmarks and hyperlinks in electronic documents	318
Case citations	305
Conclusion	313
Editing and proofreading	291, 292
E-filing, challenges posed by	315
Elements of persuasion	271
Filing requirements	289
Footnotes	306, 319
Golden Rule of	270, 315
Judges' observations	438
Mechanics of	290, 302
Outline	291
Page limitations	285
Parts of brief	277
Print requirements	289
Standard of review, consideration of	265, 295, 296
Style considerations	273, 308, 318
Weaknesses in case	271, 438
BRIEFS
Capital sentence appeals	83
Certification to Supreme Court of Virginia	257
Common errors by counsel	53
Court of Appeals of Virginia	58
Federal court	146
Supreme Court of Virginia	77

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CAPITAL SENTENCE APPEALS
Generally	78
Court of Appeals of Virginia	28
Supreme Court of Virginia	3
CASE CITATIONS	274, 305
CERTIFICATION TO SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA	4, 9, 255, 256
CERTIORARI	10
CIRCUIT COURTS OF VIRGINIA
Appellate jurisdiction	11
Creation of	1
Original jurisdiction	10
COLLATERAL ORDER DOCTRINE	127, 244, 248
COMMONWEALTH'S PRETRIAL APPEAL	20, 45, 80
CONTEMPT	6, 28
CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. See DISCLOSURE
OF CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS
COSTS
Certification to Supreme Court of Virginia	257
Court of Appeals of Virginia	63
Supreme Court of Virginia	78
COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Appellate jurisdiction	6
Certification to Supreme Court of Virginia	4
Creation of	1, 3, 5
Jurisdiction	28
Mechanics of appeal	45
Original jurisdiction	6
CROSS-APPEAL	436
CROSS-ERROR	75, 436
DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS. See CAPITAL SENTENCE
APPEALS
DEMURRER	42
DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS
Generally	143, 283
Extraordinary writs in federal court	149
Federal criminal cases	139
United States Tax Court appeals	137
DISTRICT COURTS OF VIRGINIA
Creation of	1, 11
Jurisdiction	12, 13
DOCKETING STATEMENT	133
EN BANC HEARINGS
Court of Appeals of Virginia	5, 62, 407
Federal court	407
Supreme Court of Virginia	1

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ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS	307
EXTRAORDINARY WRITS See also HABEAS CORPUS, MANDAMUS,
AND PROHIBITION
Federal court. .	149, 243-245, 248, 250, 251, 254
State court. .	221, 222, 224, 227, 238, 239
FELONY CONVICTION APPEALS	4
FILING FEES
Certification to Supreme Court of Virginia	257
Court of Appeals of Virginia	45
Federal court	131
FINAL JUDGMENT
Court of Appeals of Virginia	64
Prerequisite to appeal	33
FINAL JUDGMENT RULE
Federal court	127
State court	33
FOOTNOTES IN BRIEFS	285, 306
GENERAL DISTRICT COURTS, JURISDICTION OF	12
HABEAS CORPUS
Federal court	254
State court
Generally	222
Challenging death sentence	223
Jurisdiction
Court of Appeals of Virginia	7, 28, 222
Supreme Court of Virginia	2, 3, 222
IN FORMA PAUPERIS PROCEEDINGS
Federal court	150
State court	42
INCOMPETENCY COMMITMENT PROCEEDINGS	12
INJUNCTIONS
Federal court	127, 135, 244
State court	40, 240
INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS
Federal court	127, 133, 135, 244, 245
State court	39, 239
IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT. .	2, 444
JURISDICTION
Bankruptcy appeals	135
Certification to Supreme Court of Virginia	255
Circuit courts of Virginia	10, 11
Court of Appeals of Virginia	6, 28
Extraordinary writs
Federal court	244, 250
State court	221, 222, 239

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Federal court brief to contain statement of	283
General district courts	12
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts	13
Objections to	24
Supreme Court of Virginia	2, 3, 31
Transfer to Supreme Court of Virginia	32
JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURTS,
JURISDICTION	13
MAGISTRATE JUDGE	131
MANDAMUS
Federal court
Generally	121
Bauman analysis	251
Fourth Circuit's analysis	252
Procedure in Court of Appeals	253
Procedure in United States Supreme Court	254
State court
Generally	227
Discretionary versus ministerial acts	233
Jurisdiction of circuit courts	...