Raffi Melkonian
@RMFifthCircuit
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Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter (banner from Art Lien)
Houston, TX
Joined January 2012
Hey #appellatetwitter: I collected all our verbal crutches in a google drive document. Let me know of others.
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RT @VoxPrudentia: Revising this brief the night before filing and what @RMFifthCircuit says is true: every iteration of the brief yields an…
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CA5 holds that silencers are not arms protected by the Second Amendment.
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@EmilKiehne @USAO_SDTX Wow, welcome! Let me know when you’re settled in and we can have lunch.
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... and the question here is "were all the cows that left the barn important [even if the damages cow is still in the barn]" Around 12:20 here:
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Oral argument clip 2: "The cows have long since left the barn. More specifically.... the liability cows left the barn, the class certification cows left the barn, the nominal damages cow, left the barn, as did the attorney's fees cow" /1
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RT @kirkito915: @RMFifthCircuit I was in the courtroom for this exchange! Everybody laughed (and was relieved we didn't go to the wrong cit…
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oral argument clip: Counsel: "Your Honor, I'd like to apologize first for having gone to the wrong room." Court: "Counsel, we've had counsel go to the wrong city before. Don't worry about it."
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RT @CecereCarl: It’s the end stage of the bad legal writing death spiral. Sad thing to see. You never want this to happen to a lawyer.
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RT @VoxPrudentia: We need emergency #legalwriting training in the MA appellate courts, I am so serious. #AppellateTwitter
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RT @howappealing: “Is Colorado’s Supreme Court about to hold oral arguments in secret? The parties to a civil case are asking the court to…
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RT @1stCOA_Houston: Our other two open staff attorney positions have been filled. Apply for this one today!
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RT @VoxPrudentia: Watching OAs and one of my takeaways is that, while folks are right to recommend that appellees should argue waiver, forf…
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RT @VoxPrudentia: Well, I did finish this brief! Just need to cite check it and get the addendum together so I can file it by midnight on F…
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The Fifth Circuit rejects Texas's major questions doctrine argument.
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Here is a recording of this strange little hearing.
Lawyers for the CFPB told the 5th Circuit they were directed to not make any arguments at hearings today defending Biden administration-era rules after the agency's director was fired by President Donald Trump.
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RT @TracesofTexas: Simply fantastic photo of a restaurant northeast of Houston, 1945. I love everything about this, including the way Li…
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