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Summons
SUMMONS The paper that tells a defendant that he or she is being sued and asserts the power of the court to hear and determine the case. A form of legal process that commands the defendant to appear before the court on a specific day and to answer the complaint made by the plaintiff. The summons... Read more |
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Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott Case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856-57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott, a black slave, personal servant to Dr. John Emerson, a U.S. army surgeon, was taken by his master from Missouri, a... Read more |
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Ruth (Joan) Bader Ginsburg
Ruth (Joan) Bader Ginsburg 1933-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993-), b. Brooklyn, N.Y. A graduate (1954) of Cornell Univ., she attended Harvard Law School, then transferred to Columbia Law School, graduating in 1959. She clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District... Read more |
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Rufus Wheeler Peckham , 1838-1909, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1895-1909), b. Albany, N.Y. Admitted (1859) to the bar, he became a leading Albany lawyer and was prominent in local Democratic politics. He served on the state supreme court (1883-86) and on the state court of appeals... Read more |
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Original Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction is the jurisdiction exercised by the court that initially hears a lawsuit. As a court of first instance, this tribunal must conduct a trial or similar proceeding in order to determine the facts in the dispute and then settle the case by applying the law to those factual... Read more |
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Court of Appeal
COURT OF APPEAL An intermediate federal judicial tribunal of review that is found in thirteen judicial districts, called circuits, in the United States. A state judicial tribunal that reviews a decision rendered by an inferior tribunal to determine whether it made errors that warrant the reversal... Read more |
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Small Claims Court
Small Claims Court Small claims court is a legal court of law designed to resolve disputes involving relatively small amounts of money in an expeditious manner. Unlike other legal courts, small claims court does not operate by formal rules of evidence, and attorneys are not usually employed to... Read more |
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Dicta
DICTA Opinions of a judge that do not embody the resolution or determination of the specific case before the court. Expressions in a court's opinion that go beyond the facts before the court and therefore are individual views of the author of the opinion and not binding in subsequent cases as legal... Read more |
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In Forma Pauperis
In Forma Pauperis Appeals that come before the Supreme Court from litigants who cannot afford to pay court costs are known as in forma pauperis petitions. In the 1930s the Court began to receive in forma pauperis petitions in significant numbers and by the 1988 term more than half of all cases... Read more |
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the Bar
the bar originally, the rail that enclosed the judge in a court; hence, a court or a system of courts. The persons qualified and authorized to conduct the trial of cases are also known collectively as "the bar." From late medieval times in England the Inns of Court acted as training schools... Read more |
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Courts of Appeals
...from the U.S. district courts and from regulatory...S. Supreme Court. There are currently...jurisdiction courts of appeals...states. The Court of Appeals for...Circuit—part of New England plus...crucial issues ... |
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Buildings, Supreme Court
...Building in New York City...afternoon. With no cases on the docket...provide. With no cases yet to be heard...housed local courts and municipal...nine years the Court shared a comfortable...Court. In case of ... |
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Veronia School District v. Acton
...Veronia School District v. Acton, 515...Scalia for the Court, Ginsburg concurring...decided on a new way to attack...The Supreme Court and lower federal courts had previously...security. Never before had the High ... |
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Impact of Court Decisions
Impact of Court Decisions The...to review a case—in a way...operations and districts were affected...Responses reach the Court through its...people bring cases challenging...the Supreme Court and other political...the ... |
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Reporters, Supreme Court
...Reporters, Supreme Court The first reporter...of the Supreme Court's move to his...Court moved from New York City to Philadelphia...a judge in the District of Columbia...even publishing cases that had been in...member of the ... |
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Milliken v. Bradley
...three school districts in order to...practices in one district did not warrant...thirteen months before in *Keyes...since even before Brown v...Detroit school district had engaged...surrounding suburban districts. The ... |
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Brown v. Board of Education
...The U.S. District Court upheld...decision in the case but attached...approach when the case reached the Supreme...four companion cases brought against segregating school districts.Commentators...efforts, led the ... |
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Judiciary Act of 1789
...that the new national...bottom were district courts...Kentucky district of Virginia...Rather, each district judge sat in the circuit court when it convened...the circuit courts included...of federal ... |
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United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh v. Carey
...White for the Court, Burger in...In this case, the Supreme...constitutional a New York State...and senate districts in the Bedford...entirely in one district for representation...nonwhite assembly district would be ... |
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Reapportionment Cases
...dissent; involving New York—WMCA...Warren for the Court, Clark, and...Warren for the Court, Clark and Stewart...Warren for the Court, Harlan, Clark...opened federal courts to cases in which state...to electoral ... |
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Oliveira says Perry is playing politics with new District Court.
...to two state district court seats even...to fund the courts. "Governor...to fund the courts. "Why there...Commissioners Court on Tuesday...to fund the courts "right now...this was the case, he ... |
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ANTITRUST CASE IN `DISCREET' HANDS BUT NEW DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR MICROSOFT...
...known U.S. District Judge Colleen...two. An appeals court agreed with Jackson...Jackson from the case for speaking to...ordered that a new district judge...with antitrust cases, forcing lawyers...bitterly fought ... |
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NORFOLK SWEARS IN TWO NEW DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.(LOCAL)
...this week as General District Court judges. Wilcox accepted...judges heard traffic cases. Wilcox, 54, of...and personal injury cases. He attended law...as a Navy lawyer before entering private...Legal Aid Society before ... |
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Cascos requesting Perry postpone appointing judges: County lacks funding for...
...newly created district courts because the...house the new court. "That...only get one court created for...district court. The county...house two new courts, ... |
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NEW ZEALAND: DISTRICT COURT CHANGES SPEED UP SETTLEMENTS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sept...major revision of District Courts Rules will result...civil disputes. Courts Minister Georgina te Heuheu says the new process encourages...to an agreement before going to trial...abandoned ... |
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In case seeking enforcement of New York District Court judgment, British...
...Lev Zaidenberg, a New York citizen. The...the merits of the case and to the existence...jurisdiction of the issuing court or the kind of fraud that misleads the court, foreign or domestic...explains: "The courts in British Columbia...below ... |
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Wygonik named new Dearborn 19th District Court Chief Judge
...Dearborn's 19th District Court by the Michigan...representing the court at public functions...Michigan Supreme Court and of my legal...19th District Court, I will work...those who appear before the ... |
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GOV. RITTER APPOINTS NEW DENVER DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
...created seat on the Denver District Court bench. With 27 years...in medical malpractice cases, representing physicians...administrative matters before the Colorado Board of...liability and product injury cases, as well as securities... |
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NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEEPS COURTS BUSY.(MAIN)
...Albany County District Attorney Paul...the number of cases closed has soared...prosecutor for gun cases and intends to fill a second new slot. ``We...said. ``A case has to ripen...fast a lot of cases are getting ... |
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A push on clerk-magistrate accountability New controls sought on district...
...the state's 69 district court clerk-magistrates...people who come before her, and lately...he assaulted a court officer. And...backdrop of a new ethics code for...professionalize the courts. Clerks see it...determine which ... |
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