How have the courts dealt with arguments raised by the appellant in her reply brief?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Crawley v. Alameda Cnty. Waste Mgmt. Auth., 196 Cal.Rptr.3d 365, 243 Cal.App.4th 396 (Cal. App. 2015):
4 We do not address arguments Crawley raises for the first time in his reply brief. (Julian v. Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. (2005) 35 Cal.4th 747, 761, fn. 4, 27 Cal.Rptr.3d 648, 110 P.3d 903 ; Tilton v. Reclamation Dist. No. 800 (2006) 142 Cal.App.4th 848, 864, fn. 12, 48 Cal.Rptr.3d 366.)
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