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In a surprise to absolutely no one, Justice Kagan's opinion in Jack Daniels is a terrific piece of #LegalWriting. Here's a quick #WilenskyOnStyle thread about the introduction, which illustrates an organizational trick I love to keep the reader on track. /1
First, the full opinion is here. /2 supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…
So what is the organizational trick? Repetition of key words - at the *beginning* of sentences - so that the reader always knows what's coming. /3
Judge Katzmann, extraordinary 2nd Cir. judge, died yesterday. As my tribute to his judicial career, here's a #WilenskyOnStyle thread from one of his last published opinions. It's a masterful display of reader-friendly writing, creating order from statutory chaos. /1
If you see the phrase "statutory chaos" and think "must be an immigration case" . . . you're right! Here's the opinion. /2 ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isys…
Any opinion that starts with a sentence like this is catnip for LegReg nerds. /3 
Mazel tov to AG Garland! In honor of his retirement from the DC Circuit, here's a #WilenskyOnStyle thread unpacking some of his writing choices from his final reported opinion. It's an admin law case, a great one to showcase how good writers handle complex regulatory schemes. /1
The case is Mirror Lake Village, LLC v. Wolf, an immigration case handed down in August 2020. Full opinion here: cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opini… /2
Judge Garland developed lots of experience breaking down regs during his time on the bench. Here's how he works through law in three paragraphs: One para that describes the statutory terms, one for the regulatory terms, and one that describes how it works in practice./3
Hi folks! The 11th Cir. handed down a new election opinion yesterday and if you’ve been following me you won’t be surprised that I have Some Things To Say about C.J. Pryor’s writing choices. (I’m going to use #WilenskyOnStyle – h/t @daniellecitron – to collect these threads.) /1
The full opinion is here. : assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7334… /2
This thread is especially directed at law students. Judicial opinions differ from legal memos, motions, etc. – different purposes, different audiences – but this opinion happens to use some standard techniques that work well for many kinds of legal writing. /3
The 11th Cir. just issued an order denying the GOP's latest attempt to overturn election results, this time in Georgia. And while the opinion has plenty for procedure nerds to love, I'm going to focus on the aspects of Judge Brasher's opinion that us style nerds love. /1
Here's the opinion: democracydocket.com/wp-content/upl… /2
First, the straightforward issue presented and answer right at the beginning. /3
