Appellate court upholds process of how municipal judges are chosenLandau, Joel
district, forest preserve district, township, county commissioner, county clerk, county recorder, judges, community college trustees, and god knows what else; I'd have to look it up. Then there's two State reps, five state constitutional officers, appellate court and s...
There are usually fees associated with this, and sometimes you have to pay a bond up front. The courthouse has forms for requesting this transcript, and once that is done, they will take over and make sure it is sent to the appellate court clerk. Record on Appeal Once you have filed ...
Indonesia's appeal remains in limbo due to the paralysis of the WTO's Appellate Body, which the United States deliberately blocked. The United States has repeatedly refused to approve the appointment of new judges, citing concerns over the body's handling of disputes, including the so-called ov...
Appellate Courts vs.Trial Courts One way to categorize the many different courts in this country is to divide them into state and federal courts. State courts hear matters involving state law, while federal courts usually hear federal law. ...
The court system consists of various levels including trial courts, appellate courts, and the Supreme Court. In these courts, evidence is presented and decisions are made by judges or juries called judgments. Judgments may result in financial or non-financial implications for a debtor to make the...
Appellate courts exist for both state and federal-level matters but feature only a committee of judges (often called justices) instead of a jury of one's peers. There are 13 appeals courts on the federal level, with each state having its own appeals court system, some of which include inte...
And while the ruling does not explicitly apply to this year’s general election, counties will now have reason to accept undated and wrongly dated ballots, and at least some are likely to follow its reasoning. One of the dissenting judges, Matthew Wolf, wrote that the decision ...
Here again, there are no universal rules: Two questions presented are sometimes too many and five are sometimes too few. But it is fair to say that judges are more likely to give full attention to fewer issues than to many. An appellate lawyer must resist the temptation (and the pressure...
Appellate judges know that they are setting precedents. They therefore worry about whether the theory they adopt in one case will or will not apply appropriately to slightly different sets of facts. Appellate lawyers should assist the judges by having — and expressing — clear theories with ...