New Orleans appellate attorney Raymond Ward has a very logical post at the (new) legal writer explaining why an attorney should, even if not required by the rules, include volume numbers in citations to multi-volume appellate records. I know I would prefer to receive a brief that did this than one that does not.
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Ben Shatz
Of course for California appeals, citation to the volume is required by Rule of Court 8.204(a)(1)(C).
Greg May
Thanks, Ben, I should have pointed that out in the original post. That said, I’d love to have a nickel for every brief I’ve read that violates this rule (or the rules on format, or argument headings, or tables, or . . . )