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D.C. Circuit divides again on finality of orders dismissing complaints without prejudice
If a district court dismisses a complaint in its entirety and closes the case, is the order final and appealable? Not necessarily, a panel of ...
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D.C. Circuit puts Garamond font on the naughty list
Without formally banning it, the D.C. Circuit has announced that wise lawyers will forgo using Garamond font: Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32(a)(5) requires courts ...
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Can defendants waive a cause of action into existence?
No, but in the most bananas case we’ve seen in a long time, the appellees tried to do just that. The weirdness starts with the ...
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The D.C. Circuit’s (exceedingly low) view of unpublished opinions
A decision today involving Nigeria reveals the D.C. Circuit’s view of on-point unpublished opinions. Process and Indus. Dev. Ltd. v. Fed. Republic of Nigeria (No. ...
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D.C. Circuit releases deluge of published opinions
Oral arguments ended in May, but the D.C. Circuit’s still churning out published rulings. Nine were issued this past week: a decision under the Internal ...
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