To avoid given away specifics, so as to not doxx myself, I once had a case where I was 100% correct on the statutory interpretation on a state statute and had state precedent within the same code establishing it. The appellate court ignored the precedent, used out of state "persuasive" cases, and then depublished the opinion. The court knew if they adopted the correct interpretation, there'd be a plethora of suits to follow across the state and probably $100,000,000 + in illegal penalties reversed Absolute black pill moment.

Several years later, I actually had a big firm attorney from so cal contact me for my work product, because he thought my theory was 100% correct and wanted to bring it before a different appellate court. I gave him what I had that didn't breach client confidences. I never heard further and never looked tbh. But that felt good.

In another statutory case, the trial court relied on a comma in a separate statute to interpret the challenged statute for the state. Before I could appeal, the state settled and took nothing, and then the legislature amended the statute so it did what they alleged it did from the start.