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McLin v. McLin

Citations

  • 130 So. 2d 748
  • 1961 La. App. LEXIS 1131

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that this Court may limit its review to the cognizable arguments it can glean from a pro se appellant’s brief, despite noncompliance with the Rules of Appellate Procedure
  • providing that we may review the cognizable arguments we can glean from an appellate brief, despite a noncompliance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure, even if those violations are “egregious,” if they do not preclude meaningful appellate review
  • stating “this Court has deemed meaningful review of the merits possible when it could discern a [pro se] appellant’s argument” (citation omitted)
  • limiting our review “to those cognizable arguments we can glean despite the brief’s noncompliance.”
  • “when it comes to compliance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure, ‘this Court is generally inclined to construe pro se filings liberally’”

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Judges: Ellis, Herget, Jones, Landry, Lottinger

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