In all three instances, the losing parties must make several stops before reaching the Supreme Court. The federal lawsuit from Pennsylvania would go to an intermediate appeals court first, while the Michigan and North Carolina cases would be heard by state appellate and supreme courts before arrivin...
I search for an ability of appellate courts to apply the law. I provide the reader with an intuitive understanding of Kenneth Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, a severe mathematical proof relevant to all decision-making processes. I show its relevance for jurisprudential theory. I show how the pro...
Anne-Marie Green: Do you think the polygraph was used as a coercive tool? Chief Mark McBride: Well, I don't know that was the intent. I think the intent is find out the truth. Over the years, the courts have upheld Tapp's confession as valid and admissible — an...
military sexual assaultmilitary sexual traumamilitary justiceThis article contends that since sufficient protections are now in place in the military justice system, the military courts of criminal appeals no longer requidoi:10.2139/ssrn.2819051Schenck, Lisa...
Any party aggrieved by a decision of a WCJ is permitted to seek reconsideration of that decision from the Appeals Board. The “fire wall” between the WCJs at the DWC district offices and the WCAB Commissioners at the Appeals Board is necessary to maintain ...
An appellate review de novo is one wherein the appellate court agrees to hear evidence that was presented in the trial court (not normally done), perhaps because there was such an abuse of power or abuse of discretion by the trial judge that justice requires the appeals court to hear the ...
court in the land, you'll find dozens of different courts with different names. But when you look more closely, they divide out neatly into categories: state courts and federal courts, trial courts and appellate courts. So, are state and federal appellate courts really totally different animals...
New Jersey takes weapons cases very seriously. As such, the legislature criminalizes many behaviors or acts in which an alleged “weapon” is said to be present. The hope of courts and prosecutors is that stiff penalties will deter individuals from using weapons in any situation in which they ...
Persons or entities such ascorporationsthat experience an unsuccessful outcome in a trial-level or other lower courts may file an appeal with an appellate court to have the decision reviewed. If the appeal has merit, the lower ruling may be reversed. Appellate courts are present at both the st...
includes the function of a supersedeas bond, it can also serve additional purposes depending on the jurisdiction. For example, some courts may require an appeal bond even when there is no specific judgment to stay, such as in cases where the appeal is against a non-monetary decision or ...