Today's appellate round-up

Law360 has Justice Breyer Joins Harvard Law Faculty.

The DJ has Praising her stability, lawyers hope chief stands for retention

Judicial Council spokesman Peter Allen said Thursday Cantil-Sakauye has from “July 18 through August 15” to turn in paperwork to run in the Nov. 8 election.

If she runs for retention, Cantil-Sakauye will almost certainly win. She received 67% of the vote in her 2010 retention election. The last time justices faced the voters was 2018, when Leondra R. Kruger won 73% of the vote and Carol A. Corrigan got 70%.

Among the other justices on the court, Goodwin H. Liu received 67% of the vote in 2014. Three more recent appointees — Joshua P. Groban, Martin J. Jenkins and Patricia Guerrero — will face voters for the first time in November.

Also in the DJ, is Barry Wolf's cute, pithy and true: Some Clients You Might Want to Pass On: "after 30 plus years as a civil appellate lawyer, I have learned to avoid certain types of problematic clients." He names them: Desperately Seeking a Do-Over. The Dangerous Thing. The Confident Appellant. The Bluffer. The Staller. Fatal (to your license) Attraction. The Waffler. The Procrastinator. J. Willington Wimpy. Don Coyote. And more!

On the poetry front, Justice Perren begins this opinion here with a quote from Alexander Pope:  “A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.” Yeah, the losing appellant is a pro per.