Jane M. Booking v. General Star Management Company and General Star Indemnity Company

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that, although it has “broad discretion” to address such questions, the Court generally does not reach questions not addressed by district court
• deciding issue . not reached below, in part, because it was “purely legal”
• noting that “in most cases[,] trial judges can provide parties with an adequate opportunity to respond to” or flesh out “particular arguments by ordering addi- tional briefing”
• including as one of the two reasons for considering an issue not reached below that the question was purely legal
• noting that if a party raises a new argument, the district court can “provide parties with an adequate opportunity to respond … by ordering additional briefing or an extra round of oral argument”
• including as one of the two reasons for considering an issue not reached below that the question was purely legal

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