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A bench memorandum (pl. bench memoranda) (also known as a bench memo) is a short and neutral memorandum that summarizes the facts, issues, and arguments of a court case. Bench memos are used by the judge as a reference during preparation for trial, the hearing of lawyers' arguments, and the drafting of a decision and also to give the judge an ...
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge (or panel of judges) that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a trial, an appeal or other court proceedings. [2] Such ruling requires or authorizes the carrying out of certain steps by one or more parties to a case.
A "motion to dismiss" asks the court to decide that a claim, even if true as stated, is not one for which the law offers a legal remedy.As an example, a claim that the defendant failed to greet the plaintiff while passing the latter on the street, insofar as no legal duty to do so may exist, would be dismissed for failure to state a valid claim: the court must assume the truth of the factual ...
Letter writers on the upcoming election. I was recruited by St. Joseph County Deputy Prosecutor Loris Zappia seven years ago to be a volunteer mentor for the St. Joseph County Veterans Court.
The new district court judges are Judge Stephanie Goodenow of Lenexa, who will serve on the new Division 20; Judge Catherine Decena Triplett of De Soto, new Division 21; and Judge Jason Billam of ...
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein asked a New York judge to move up his trial date due to his ailing health. Judge Curtis Farber scheduled Weinstein’s retrial over his sexual assault case ...
A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a judicial panel in the course of resolving a legal dispute, providing the decision reached to resolve the dispute, and usually indicating the facts which led to the dispute and an analysis of the law used to arrive at the decision.
Writer says The GOP is blessed to have someone of Matt Kreitzer's caliber wanting to serve as a Family Court judge.