Certiorari Redefined: Would The "Functional Restatement" Function?

May 29, 2013

The following article was originally published in the Stetson Law Review, May 2013.

Some pretrial rulings can impose unbearable pressures on a litigant, change the course of a case, and cause lasting harm. Sometimes, your client just cannot wait until the end of a case to appeal. Imagine that the trial court has just issued a non-final order adverse to your client that you think will likely be reversed on appeal.