Blinded teen seeks to compel use of unpublished court rulings

Michael Doyle reports for McClatchy Newspapers on this case filed in federal court in California.

The 19-year-old restaurant worker is suing the California Supreme Court to reverse its practice of largely ignoring unpublished court opinions. ...

Because the appellate court's opinion was unpublished, further appeals face long odds. [Plaintiff Joshua] Hild's lawsuit claims that appellate judges violated his constitutional due-process guarantees by leaving the June opinion unpublished and thereby essentially immune from further appeals.

(via WisBlawg)