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Case law, also known as precedent or common law, is the body of prior judicial decisions that guide judges deciding issues before them. Depending on the relationship between the deciding court and the precedent, case law may be binding or merely persuasive.
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California US Federal District Courts Case Law The federal district courts are the trial courts in the federal court system. California has four federal district courts, which are the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California.
The case involves a criminal defendant charged with domestic violence offenses who served a pretrial subpoena on Clackamas Women’s Services (CWS) to obtain records related to services provided to the alleged victim (AV).
In that case, the warrant authorized an “unbridled search” of 5,000 tax files based on law enforcement’s theory that it might find evidence of criminal activity. We held that such a warrant lacked the requisite probable cause to authorize a search of Gutierrez’s individual file.
Decisions by the Court of Appeals are final in the vast majority of cases that it reviews. The lowest level of the Missouri state court system consists of the Missouri Circuit Courts and the Missouri Municipal Courts.
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of California held that a trial court has discretion to grant or deny relief from a jury trial waiver under section 631(g) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court is not required to…
In both cases the complaint alleged that the school district failed to exercise ordinary care in supervising a student while the student was on school [22 Cal. 3d 514] premises, and that such negligence proximately caused the student's resulting injury. Under well established principles, such general allegations of negligence, proximate ...
The middle level of the Kansas state court system is the Kansas Court of Appeals. It consists of 14 judges, who review cases in three-judge panels. Most appeals of decisions by trial courts must pass through the Court of Appeals before reaching the Supreme Court.