Legal Opinion
In Re Amendment of Rule 3
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1970No. 847_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
This court has adopted, on an experimental basis, a screening procedure for the processing of appeals, including administrative reviews. The purpose of this procedure is twofold: (1) to enable the court to decide, on an expedited basis, appeals which are of such a nature that oral argument would not be of assistance to the court, and (2) to assist the court in deciding appeals in which one party is not represented by counsel, by having a law clerk prepare in each such case, in advance of submission, a research memorandum dealing with the substantial issues.
The adoption of this procedure is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- James Leo Huth v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Federal Communications Commission v. WJR, Goodwill Station, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Clarence Jackson v. Hon. Emett C. Choate, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Claude S. BirtleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Sabatinelli v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local No. 42, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Colville Confederated Tribes v. BessetteColville Confederated Court of Appeals · 2015