Not exact matches
In this case, Justice Blair observed that underlying the proposed class action was an «almost entirely foreign -
related factual matrix» and he
found that Justice Perell's determination that he should exercise judicial restraint and decline jurisdiction was both well -
founded and entitled to deference.
The narrowest reading of Blakely suggests that judges may make all sorts of
findings and judgments at sentencing except juries must make
findings of historical fact
relating to offense conduct when those
factual findings formally increase the upper limit of legally available sentences.
With respect to (2), the appellant's arguments
related exclusively to
factual findings.
Upon its detailed review of
factual record, the court
found that Coalson's punitive damages award were «reasonably
related to her actual damages and to the degree of necessary punishment, which in this case is great.»
Taylor v. Charter Medical Corp., 162 F. 3d 827 (C.A. 5 (Tex.), 1998) even though a court may take judicial notice of a «document filed in another court... to establish the fact of such litigation and
related filings,» 12 a court can not take judicial notice of the
factual findings of another court.
«Although appellant argues that this case presents an issue of first impression because the family court relied on «parental alienation syndrome» as a
factual basis for assuming jurisdiction, we believe that petitioner properly responds that the family court's
factual findings are amply supported by the record and that the term «parental alienation syndrome» is merely a way of describing appellant's actions as they
related to the circumstances of this case.