Ninth's Notables - October 2021
… Today, the Ninth Circuit honored our October recipient of the Ninth’s Notables Award for Excellence: Laura Arroyo. Laura has served the Interpreting Department for over 18 years, mentoring and …
Ninth Circuit Civil Case Management Program
… The Florida Supreme Court’s AOSC20-23 amendment 12 outlines the management of civil cases. In accordance with these … Chief Judge Myers issued AO2021-04 today detailing the process to determine whether a case requires a case …
attachment
… An ancillary or auxiliary remedy by which the plaintiff acquires a lien upon property of the defendant to insure the satisfaction of a civil judgment. …
punitive damages
… Money awarded to an injured person, over and above the measurable value of the injury, in order to punish the person who hurt him. …
jeopardy
… The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly … a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled. After such time, the accused may not be released and tried at a later date for …
preliminary hearing
… whether there is enough evidence to warrant a trial in the District Court. If the judge determines there is sufficient evidence, the defendant is "bound over" for trial. The defendant may …
additur
… The power of the trial court to increase the assessment of an inadequate damage award made by a jury. …
equitable action
… An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries, and the prevention of threatened illegal action. …
petit jury
… The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury. …
pleading
… The formal allegation by the parties to a law suit with the intended purpose being to provide notice of what is to be …