Leadhead Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 One of our local rules says:Whenever a memorandum cites an unreported Georgia decision or a decision from a court of another state or federal jurisdiction, counsel shall attach a complete copy of the opinion to the memorandum; What exactly does that mean?[i might be looking for too deep of a meaning here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calawyer Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 It means that your Judge doesn't want to find (or doesn't have access to)cases from other states, federal cases, and unreported Georgia decisions. So if you cite them in a brief, attach them.PS. This is a very common rule. I usually do it even if it is not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Attorney Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 A lawyer may have had a simialr case and received a ruling he thinks is apprpriate hee. IN stead of just saying, " Judge so- and-so agrees with me," you attach a copy of the judge's opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadhead Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Thank you very much.For instance...I live in Georgia, but want to cite a few sentences from Yancey v. Hooten (D. Conn. 1998) in my motion.So I'd attach the full court's opinion at the end, like what is available on LexisNexis.com, would that be acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Attorney Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 If Yancy is a reported case, you quote the pasage and end it with a cite e.g, Yancey vs. Hooten xxx F2nd xxx, xxx ( D.Conn. 1999). You don't need to attach opinion. It doesn't hurt, especially if the facts are close to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadhead Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Thanks RA,The way I read our Local Rules:Whenever a memorandum cites an unreported Georgia decision or a decision from a court of another state or federal jurisdiction,Notice it says "or". That's where I'm confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calawyer Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 The way I read our Local Rules:Whenever a memorandum cites an unreported Georgia decision or a decision from a court of another state or federal jurisdiction,Notice it says "or". That's where I'm confused.You should attach Yancy because it is a federal case and that is what the rule is telling you to do. The only cases you don't need to attach are reported Georgia decisions.I am saying that even if your state has no such rule, it is a good idea to attach federal cases and cases from other states if you want the Judge to read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadhead Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Gotchya!Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanathos Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Aye, even if you DIDN'T have to attach things...what harm can it possibly do? I've always made a point of not only attaching any case history I wanted to quote, but I went ahead and highlighted all the relevant passages and sections just to make it that much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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