The Supreme Court of North Carolina long ago observed that “the ‘substantial right’ test for appealability of interlocutory orders is more easily stated than applied.” Waters v. Qualified Pers., Inc.
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What Is The Fourth Circuit’s Office of Staff Counsel And What Do They Do?
I am often asked, “how will this appeal be decided?” A recent employment vacancy posting for the Fourth Circuit’s Executive Director & Chief of the Office of Staff Counsel contains…
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Updated Appellate Rules Checklist
With the recent amendments to the appellate rules in April 2013, the Smith Moore Leatherwood Appellate Practice Group has updated its “North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure Checklist.” We publish…
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Off the Beaten Path Appellate News: Attorney Files Comic Strip Amicus Brief
While we normally blog about matters of North Carolina appellate practice and procedure, occasionally an interesting article comes along that causes us to veer slightly off course. Our attention was…
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Another Day, Another Blog: nclawblog.com Offers Insight into Appeals and Other Topics
Part of our mission here at the Appellate Practice Blog is to collect resources for appellate practitioners and make us all better at what we do. To that end, I…
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Court of Appeals Publishes New Resource — The “Legal Standards Database”
Improving the quality of appellate advocacy is near and dear to the hearts of several of the Judges and Justices of our North Carolina appellate courts. There have been a…
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