But the court may be inclined to act in cases that couldn't have been resolved sooner or where lower-court rulings could have dramatic consequences. And post-Election Day cases could arise from allegations of voter fraud, some of which "are inevitably late and the court is going to decide ...
Appellate courts, also known as the court of appeals, are the part of the American judicial system that is responsible for hearing and reviewing appeals from legal cases that have already been heard in a trial-level or other lower court. Persons or entities such ascorporationsthat experience an...
A ruling in Trump's favor would bring the prosecution to an end. But if Smith prevails and Trump's claims of immunity are rejected, proceedings in the case, which have been paused for months, would pick back up, although it's unclear how quickly it would go to trial. A victory for t...
Last week, Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has agreed to take up whether the former president should be disqualified from appearing on Colorado's primary ballot. The decision of the Supreme Court will have a significant impact on this year's presidential election. Trump has a...
4. The defendant Nanchang Zhangkun Company is dissatisfied and has appealed to the Supreme People's Court. 5. On November 17, 2022, the Supreme People's Court rejected the appeal of the defendant Nanchang Zhangkun Company in the second instance and upheld the original ruling. ...
In civil cases, the first stage is the filing of a petition by a plaintiff, which states the legal basis for the lawsuit. A petition sets out the petitioner's version of the facts. The defendant then receives a copy of it and a notice to appear in court. In legal terms, petitions ...
The argument is similar to one made by the ACLU inDelaware Countyin 2023. There, the organization ultimately succeeded in getting a local court ruling in its favor, which directed the county to count the provisional ballots of its clients. The case was not appealed to the Commonwealth Court,...
By August 2022, ajudge had ordered Starbucks to do that, and inSeptember the baristas were back on staff. Although the seven baristas got their jobs back and the union vote prevailed, the company has appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court because it believes the court should ...
Supreme Court dismissed In re Grand Jury, which had asked it to expand the scope of attorney-client privilege protection for dual-purpose communications, i.e., communications (particularly those involving in-house attorneys) that seek legal advice but also contain business or other non-legal ...
An Illinois state supervisor accused of tormenting an underling with sexual comments and innuendo may soon be back in charge of the employee, after winning the first round of a sexual harassment suit.The reason: The alleged harasser, the victim and the entire work crew are men. And that, ...