Comments for The Opening Brief

Comment on No Job Protection for Medical Marijuana Users by Law Guy

Law Guy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:12:02 +0000

Until it becomes federal law as well there wil always be conflicts. The employer is just protecting themseleves for legal issues that may arise later. Im sure they dont care themselves!

Comment on Failure to secure a ruling on objections constitutes waiver by Preserving Evidentiary Objections for Appeal from a Summary Judgment | The California Blog of Appeal

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:31:41 +0000

[...] Caso at the Opening Brief pointed out this likelihood last October, when he covered a series of decisions creating a conflict on this issue in the courts of appeal. CalBizLit posted on Friday that trial [...]

Comment on Failure to secure a ruling on objections constitutes waiver by Greg May

Greg May — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:00:17 +0000

You called that one! According to CalBizLit , the Supremes granted review in Reid today.

Comment on City’s pre-election challenge to initiative not a SLAPP by ken Stansbury

ken Stansbury — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:58:25 +0000

Anyone want to file an amicus? The California State Supreme Court hasgiven itself an extention on the Petition for Review. The Court meets again on February 13 and the deadline for their reply to petition is February 19.
Jump in, the water is warm but the freedom of speach has been flash frozen.
Defend Direct Democracy, because if the 4th District ruling stands you can kiss the local citizen intiative goodbye.

Thanks for covering this,
Ken Stansbury

Comment on New Year’s Resolution for Appellate Counsel? by Greg May

Greg May — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Thanks, for the inspiration, Tom, to resolve to do the same. Writing’s the whole reason I got into this area.

Mister Thorne, the article is more than 10 years old, from the May 1997 edition of the ABA Journal, and I did not see it available at their website.

Comment on New Year’s Resolution for Appellate Counsel? by Mister Thorne

Mister Thorne — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:06:02 +0000

Which edition of the ABA Journal? Do you have a link to it?

Thanks.

Comment on Burned by the (lack of a) record by The Record is Everything | The California Blog of Appeal

The Record is Everything | The California Blog of Appeal — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:16:37 +0000

[...] Caso has this post at The Opening Brief regarding a Ninth Circuit case last week in which Judge Kleinfeld laments his inability to follow [...]

Comment on Burned by the (lack of a) record by Burned by the (lack of a) record | The California Blog of Appeal

Burned by the (lack of a) record | The California Blog of Appeal — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:05:22 +0000

[...] Caso has this post at The Opening Brief regarding a Ninth Circuit case last week in which Judge Kleinfeld laments his inability to follow [...]

Comment on Police must return medical marijuana by The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:12:17 +0000

“Police Must Return Medical Marijuana”:…

Tom Caso (The Opening Brief) reports, pointing to a California Court of Appeal decision from last week, …

Comment on Waiver of Jurisdictional Defects? by Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies is a Waivable Defense | The California Blog of Appeal

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:27:08 +0000

[...] tend to agree with Tom Caso at The Opening Brief that this case may be headed for the Supreme Court. The importance of this issue to public [...]