Abstract
Until January 1, 2007, the Seventh Circuit, like several of the other federal courts of appeals, enforced a rule to the effect that unpublished dispositions "shall not be cited or used as precedent" to or by courts within the circuit. That prohibition has now been nullified by Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Under Rule 32.1, promulgated by the Supreme Court after years of controversy, litigants are now free to cite and rely on unpublished dispositions in their briefs and arguments. In this paper, Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes discusses the history of Rule 32.1 and addresses the early experience with the new permissive citation rule in the Seventh Circuit.
Recommended Citation
Diane S. Sykes Hon.,
Citation to Unpublished Orders Under New Fraprule 32.1 and Circuit Rule 32.1: Early Experience in the Seventh Circuit,
32
S. Ill. U. L.J.
579
(2008).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol32/iss3/7