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Judge's chambers are often located on upper floors of the courthouse, away from the courtrooms, sometimes in groupings of judge's chambers; however, they may also be directly adjacent to the courtroom to which the judge is assigned. [2] In some jurisdictions, a courtroom, rather than the judge's actual chambers, is used to hear matters "in ...
An in-chambers opinion is an opinion by a single justice or judge of a multi-member appellate court, rendered on an issue that the court's rules or procedures allow a single member of the court to decide. The judge is said to decide the matter "in chambers" because the decision can be issued from the judge's chambers without a formal court ...
The Judges' Rules are a set of guidelines about police and questioning and the acceptability of the resulting statements and confessions as evidence in court. Originally prepared for police in England, the Rules and their successor documents have become a part of legal procedure not just in Britain but in places as far afield as Jamaica, Zambia and Western Samoa where English law is followed.
Chief among these is the Ninth Circuit's unique rules concerning the composition of an en banc court. In other circuits, en banc courts are composed of all active circuit judges, plus (depending on the rules of the particular court) any senior judges who took part in the original panel decision. By contrast, in the Ninth Circuit it is ...
Judicial immunity is a form of sovereign immunity, which protects judges and others employed by the judiciary from liability resulting from their judicial actions. [1] It is intended to ensure that judges can make decisions free from improper influence exercised on them, contributing to the impartiality of the judiciary and the rule of law. [2]
The main court entrance on Indiana Avenue. The first judicial systems in the new District of Columbia were established by the United States Congress in 1801. [1] The Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (not to be confused with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which it later evolved into) was both a trial court of general jurisdiction and an ...
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He then clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1989 to 1990. [2] After his Supreme Court clerkship, Liman entered private practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. In 1994, Liman became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he rose to serve as Deputy Chief of ...