Appellate Advocacy: a Handbook on Appellate Practice in Tennessee
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APPELLATE ADVOCACY A Handbook on Appellate Practice in Tennessee Eighth Edition (updated on July 9, 2018) Published by the Appellate Practice Committee of the Nashville Bar Association Donald Capparella, Editor in Chief Candi Henry, Assistant Editor William T. Owen, Assistant Editor Amy J. Farrar, Assistant Editor Kimberly Macdonald, Assistant Editor © Copyright 2018 Nashville Bar Association 150 4th Ave N, Ste 1050 Nashville, TN 37219 All rights reserved. NashvilleBar.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 9 Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................... 10 Chapters 1. Appeals as of Right ........................................................................................................ 12 2. Appeals by Permission .................................................................................................. 22 3. The Record on Appeal .................................................................................................... 35 4. Electronic Filing .............................................................................................................. 42 5. Motions ............................................................................................................................ 45 6. Briefs ................................................................................................................................ 51 7. Oral Argument ................................................................................................................. 59 8. Costs on Appeal and Stay Bonds ................................................................................. 65 9. Inner Workings of the Appellate Courts ....................................................................... 70 10. Appellate Court Clerks’ Offices ..................................................................................... 74 11. Workers’ Compensation Review Panel ......................................................................... 82 12. Judicial Recusal .............................................................................................................. 84 13. Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................. 87 DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 CHAPTER 1 | APPEAL AS OF RIGHT ..................................................................................................................................... 12 A. What is a final order? .................................................................................................................................................... 12 B. What is not a final order? .............................................................................................................................................. 12 1. Unresolved claim for attorney’s fees ................................................................................................................................................ 12 2. Voluntary dismissals......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 C. Finality based on Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 54.02 ...................................................................................... 13 D. Non-final orders that can be appealed as of right ...................................................................................................... 14 1. Contempt .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 2. Arbitration ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 3. Estate cases ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 4. Collateral Order Doctrine.................................................................................................................................................................. 14 5. Orders Denying Motions for Recusal .............................................................................................................................................. 14 E. Notice of appeal .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 1. How to initiate an appeal as of right ................................................................................................................................................. 15 2. Content of the notice of appeal and determining parties to the appeal ............................................................................................ 16 3. Premature notices of appeal ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 4. Tolling of the time for filing a notice of appeal .................................................................................................................................. 17 5. Late notices of appeal ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18 6. No separate notice required for cross-appeals ................................................................................................................................ 19 F. Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................................................................. 20 1. Proceeding as an indigent person .................................................................................................................................................... 20 2. Post conviction ................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 3. Assumption of jurisdiction by Supreme Court .................................................................................................................................. 20 4. Preserving issues on appeal ............................................................................................................................................................ 21 CHAPTER 2 | APPEALS BY PERMISSION ............................................................................................................................. 22 A. Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 9 interlocutory appeal ............................................................................... 22 1. Who may file an interlocutory appeal? ............................................................................................................................................. 22 2. Procedure to file an interlocutory appeal ......................................................................................................................................... 22 3. Factors considered by trial and appellate courts when determining whether to grant permission to appeal under Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 9 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 4. The application to appeal ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 5. Expansion of issues beyond those granted in a Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 9 appeal .............................................. 25 B. Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 10 extraordinary appeal ............................................................................ 26 1. Who may file an extraordinary appeal? ........................................................................................................................................... 26 2. Deadlines for filing an extraordinary appeal .................................................................................................................................... 26 3. Factors considered by Tennessee appellate courts when determining whether to grant permission to appeal under Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 10 ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 4. The application and procedure for an extraordinary appeal ............................................................................................................ 28 C. Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 11 appeal by permission from appellate court to Tennessee Supreme Court ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 1. Who may file