Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Federal appellate jurisdictional problems

Looking for some 9th Circuit appellate jurisdiction fun? Then enjoy this opinion here, where the parties failed to address appellate jurisdiction in their briefing and so were told be ready at oral argument... Then things get messy with respect to Rule 59(e), tolling, etc., and the appeal gets dismissed.
And then there's this one here, about issues getting waived on appeal.
Hill Street Blues - 'Let's Be Careful Out There' GIF | Gfycat
Be careful out there...
or pay the price!