"Not being a jerk is a cardinal rule of appellate practice." -- Sarah Harris in Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris
Here's a fun 8th Circuit order dismissing appeals because:
“These notices of appeal are entirely deficient. They appeal an order entered on a day when no order issued, from a district court that does not exist, to a court of appeals that does not exist.” (The NOAs purported to appeal to "the United States Court of Appeals for the Southern District of Missouri.")
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