Letter to the Editor

• Publication year: 2020

Letter to the Editor

Having just finished reading the article in California Litigation about under-publication of Court of Appeal opinions (Grimes & SeLegue, Is It Time for a MajorShiftin ThinkingAbout Under-publication of Court of Appeal Opinions in California? (2019) 32:3 Cal. Lit. 14), I write to express my enthusiastic agreement with it. I know in the Probate area it would be very useful to be able to cite to unpublished decisions. There are not many published decisions in this area and it is one where there are often complex issues for which analysis or guidance would be helpful. In turn, the Supreme Court then takes very few Probate cases — thereby further reducing the chances of obtaining needed law. In reviewing unpublished decisions myself to keep up, I am often surprised why opinions would not have been published. It also seems so much effort is put into these...