Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.516 · Chapter 9. Proceedings in the Supreme Court
Issues on review
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Issues to be briefed and argued
(1) On or after ordering review, the Supreme Court may specify the issues to be briefed and argued. Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties must limit their briefs and arguments to those issues and any issues fairly included in them.
(2) Notwithstanding an order specifying issues under (1), the court may, on reasonable notice, order oral argument on fewer or additional issues or on the entire cause.
(b) Issues to be decided
(1) The Supreme Court may decide any issues that are raised or fairly included in the petition or answer.
(2) The court may decide an issue that is neither raised nor fairly included in the petition or answer if the case presents the issue and the court has given the parties reasonable notice and opportunity to brief and argue it.
(3) The court need not decide every issue the parties raise or the court specifies.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 8.516 renumbered effective January 1, 2007; repealed and adopted as rule 29 effective January 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_516
- Text hash
- sha256 e2b01749a6a3d32046745bdbfe3825e8bce9335b2b1efaa9e460d4704b682663
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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