Seeking Review by the California Supreme Court

By Myron Moskovitz | December 16, 2020
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The Problem If you lost in the Court of Appeal, you can then ask the California Supreme Court to hear your case, via a “petition for review.” The Supreme Court denies over 95% of these petitions. And, of course, even if the Court grants your petition for review, you might still lose when the Court…

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California Supreme Court Merits Review

By Myron Moskovitz | May 14, 2020
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A few years ago, Boalt Hall Professor David Carillo hosted a marvelous conference on the California Supreme Court. More than 200 lawyers heard Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakuaye, Justices Goodwin Liu, Carol Corrigan, Leondra Kruger and former Justice Joe Grodin explain how they decide cases. The attending lawyers also had to suffer through the pontifications of…

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