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  2. Writ of mandate (California) - Wikipedia

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    The petitioner must arrange for the lodging of the administrative record, and then, depending upon local rules, get the petition onto the court's motion calendar for a hearing and ruling on its merits by way of an ex parte application for an order to show cause or a motion for writ of administrative mandate. The superior court either holds oral ...

  3. Case citation - Wikipedia

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    United States Reports, the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States. Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported.

  4. Legal system - Wikipedia

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    [9] The English theorist H.L.A. Hart argued instead that each legal system is defined by a shared rule of recognition under which a pronouncement is recognized as valid law. [10] These positivist accounts of the legal system have been challenged from various perspectives.

  5. Civil discovery under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure guide discovery in the U.S. federal court system. Most state courts follow a similar version based upon the FRCP, Chapter V "Depositions & Discovery" [1] . FRCP Rule 26 provides general guidelines to the discovery process, it requires Plaintiff to initiate a conference between the parties to plan the ...

  6. United States District Court for the Northern District of ...

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    1999–20212021–present Clinton: 57 Senior Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton: Oakland: 1952 2000–2021 2014–2021 2021–present Clinton: 58 Senior Judge Jeffrey White: Oakland: 1945 2002–20212021–present G.W. Bush: 61 Senior Judge Edward Davila: San Jose: 1952 2011–2024 — 2024–present Obama: 62 Senior Judge Edward M. Chen: San ...

  7. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Home rule provided for municipalities by constitutional amendment in 1902; for counties in 1970 (more limited than for municipalities). [8] 102 home rule municipalities, plus two consolidated city-counties that are home rule, and two home rule counties. [9] [10] [8] All tax increases in Colorado must be voter-approved. Connecticut: Yes [11] Yes ...

  8. Law of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The present Criminal Code, The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国刑法) is the product of extensive revisions, most recently passed on December 26, 2020 (the 11th Amendment to enact on March 1, 2021) which featured changes in response to recent social changes, some notable changes included the lowering of age ...

  9. Lange v. California - Wikipedia

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    Lange v. California, 594 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the exigent circumstances requirement related to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.