Civil Procedure,
Appellate Practice
Aug. 10, 2026
Laying up or going for the green? Maniago and the risks of aggressive appellate strategy
Appellate strategy, like golf, rewards patience over shortcuts. In Maniago, the California Supreme Court reminds litigants that the quickest path to review may forfeit it altogether.
Kasey Curtis
Partner
Reed Smith LLP
Email: kcurtis@reedsmith.com
Kasey practices in the firm's Appellate Group and is resident in the Los Angeles office.
Attorneys and golfers have more in common than you'd think. They navigate landscapes marked by strict rules, hazardous roughs and dramatic twists of fate. And they have all experienced the ruling (or shot) that leaves their case (or round) buried in a bunker. The demurrer gets sustained (shank!), the punitive damages claim gets struck (fore!), and suddenly your ball is stuck in a sand trap. Appellate review lies only 10 yards away, and one clean swing could mean the differenc...
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