Appellate Practice,
California Supreme Court
Feb. 28, 2017
Tips: critical new trial motion deadlines
A recent California Supreme Court decision clarifies which new trial motion deadlines are do-or-die and which are not.
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Very few deadlines in civil practice are "jurisdictional" - meaning, if you miss them, the right is irretrievably lost. Most California lawyers know that the deadline to file a notice of appeal is one of them. That deadline arrives 60 days after service of notice of entry of judgment or, if there is no notice of entry, 180 days after entry of judgment, with some additional nuances if timely post-trial motions are filed.
But anyone trying a case in California must also know the many d...
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