Written from the authors’ first-hand knowledge and experience, this book provides the most comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the Supreme Court available.
You can rely on this treatise for guidance on every aspect of practicing before the Court — from literally how to pass through the guarded entrance to get to the Clerk’s Office; how to get a "library pass" to use the Court’s library on the third floor; how properly to invoke the Court’s certiorari and appeal jurisdiction; how the Court’s original jurisdiction can be invoked; how other extraordinary writs can be sought; and how to comply with the Court’s precise rules as to the basic contents of petitions and briefs, including the location of "Questions Presented," page limits, type fonts and cover colors.
Take a look at everything Supreme Court Practice, Eighth Edition provides:
--Discussion of the jurisdictional and prudential scope of Supreme Court review. --Insights and guidance on preparing petitions for certiorari, jurisdictional statements, briefs in opposition, motions to dismiss or affirm. --Checklists for docketing and processing appeals and certiorari cases — and for pursuing a case after review has been granted. --Expert analysis of the current 48 Rules of the Supreme Court. --Full text of the Clerk’s revised (10/01) Guide for Counsel in Cases to Be Argued Before the Supreme Court of the United States. --Updated guidelines for those intending to prepare a petition for certiorari including in forma pamperis Rules. --Updated guidelines for preparing a petition for certiorari pursuant to the Court’s in forma pauperis Rules. --Persuasive techniques for oral argument — from the experience of judges and advocates. --Descriptions of the day-to-day operations of the Court and its officers, including the Clerk’s Office, the Marshal, the Reporter of Decisions, the Library, the Public Information Office, the Curator, the Legal Office, the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, and the Court’s law clerks. The Court’s regulations concerning the public use of the building and grounds are also included. --Alternative methods of admission to the Court’s Bar by written and oral motion. --Sample forms and examples of petitions, briefs, and all other motions and documents that are pertinent to practice before the Court, plus all the Court’s Rules and relevant statutes and regulations.
