The resulting decision (s)(known to most as «Combined Air») provided, arguably, clarity to
motion judges going forward and set out which types of cases are and are not suitable for summary judgment.
The Court of Appeal disagreed and found that
the motions judge went too far by requiring the person in question to have «dominion and control» similar to the owner:
Not exact matches
Parties
going to trial file
motions in limine to exclude certain types of evidence from trial and this is what they did here and the
judge decided that those particular pieces of information are not relevant to this case.
A Northern California federal
judge has denied Qualcomm's
motion to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will
go forward.
The
judge and law clerk likely read the proposed brief about two minutes after reading the
motion seeking permission to submit it; they aren't
going to erase the information from their brains even if the
judge does ultimately deny the
motion to file.
Your spouse can make getting a divorce more difficult, prolonging the process, in a number of ways (avoiding service, sending you on wild goose chases for documents and old bank account statements, etc. filing
motions that are essentially harassment, etc.), but no Nevada
judge is
going to force you to stay married to him or her.
The district attorney said he expects to see them either dismissed after the
judge reviews
motions filed by his attorney William Dreyer or to be acquitted if his case
goes to trial.
Setting one date — April 3 — for all the pre-trial
motions to
go before the
judge «would conserve judicial resources, avoid gamesmanship and ensure a fair process for the consideration of all defense
motions,» Bharara wrote in the letter to the
judge.
Lawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the
judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case
goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a
motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests its case.
So, summing up, by
going back to a para. 24, did the
motion judge mean: «On the facts of this case, it would certainly be open to a trier of fact to infer that there was a necesssary, even if minor, connection between I / Land's negligent conduct in selecting and fitting a defective hose and the damage that occurred.»
If the
judge disagrees with your
motion to dismiss, then you can
go on presenting your own evidence afterwards.
Once you've
gone through your
motions to strike for cause, there will probably be jurors that the
judge wouldn't strike for cause.
Basically, the court appointed lawyer said the client was
going to lie, and the
judge granted his
motion to resign.
He
went on to state that «how a summary judgment
motion should be scheduled where case management does not exist or where the
judges frequently circuit, I leave to other
judges to consider and decide.»
As a matter of practice, the Supreme Court indicates the
judge hearing the
motion for directions «should generally be seized of the summary judgment
motion itself,» ensuring his or her acquired knowledge about the matter does not
go to waste.
However, the
motion judge then
went on to exercise his discretion, under s. 106 of the Courts of Justice Act, to grant a stay of proceedings, stating that «because Chevron Corp does not have assets here, and there is no reasonable prospect that it will do so in the future, there is no prospect for any recovery here.»
99 % of the time, this is what the
judge would say if I tried to hand over a document during a
motion hearing: «Counsel, since you didn't submit that document with your
motion papers, I am not
going to consider it now.»
The
motion judge held that there had been a material change in circumstances since the consent order had been made (the children were now 18 and 16; the younger son had resisted
going to live with his father; police were unwilling to enforce the order; etc).
If your case
goes to court, your attorney can also file all court
motions and pleadings; make arguments to the
judge and jury; and present your evidence in trial.
The ruling
went on to say: «There is no evidentiary basis for the
motion judge's presumption concerning the future availability of teaching positions.»
If you lose one of your
motions, the case isn't over and how you deal with the rejection will
go a long way in how the
judge sees you and feels about you.
That is, unless and until the
judge lets you file your
motion (even if it is clear as day that you're
going to win), you're
going to trial.