McCain Foods USA, Inc. v. Central Processors, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that simply pressing a point on appeal without citation to pertinent authority or without showing why it is sound despite lack of supporting authority, is akin to failing to brief an issue, which results in the issue being deemed waived or abandoned
• litigant who fails to press point by supporting it with pertinent authority forfeits point on appeal
• “Simply pressing a point without pertinent authority, or without showing why it is sound despite a lack of supporting authority, is akin to failing to brief an issue.”
• litigant who fails to press point by supporting it with pertinent authority forfeits point on appeal
• “ Where the appellant fails to brief an issue, drat issue is waived or abandoned.’ ”
• simply identifying an issue without legal or factual support is a failure to brief resulting in waiver or abandonment of the issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).