Does the Court of Appeal have the power to rule on a question of law raised for the first time on appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Poet, LLC v. Cal. Air Res. Bd., 160 Cal.Rptr.3d 69, 218 Cal.App.4th 681 (Cal. App. 2013):
It is well established that appellate courts have the discretion to decide a question of law raised for the first time on appeal. (Ward v. Taggart (1959) 51 Cal.2d 736, 742, 336 P.2d 534.) Courts are more inclined to
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