Fifth Circuit Judges Offer Tips for Litigating in Their Court

Not all amicus briefs are useful; the court’s more likely to grant a request for a rehearing if it points to an error the judges made; and the panel doesn’t need to know every factual detail in a dispute.

Those were some of the tips three judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit gave to lawyers at the Northern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference in Irving, Texas on Friday.

Judges Edith Jones, Catharina Haynes, and Dana Douglas were asked to share their insights on everything from when it’s appropriate to ask for the full court’s ...