Questions tagged [appeal]
Processes for judicial review of judicial decisions
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Can you be retried if you appeal a partial acquittal?
I know that in the US Double Jeopardy protection means that if you are acquitted the prosecution cannot attempt to appeal or retry you (except for very narrow exceptions). However, a defendant is ...
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When does the grace period start for private parking?
If a parking ticket was purchased 13 minutes after entering a car park, are they eligible to appeal the parking charge for an "invalid parking session"?
If not, then would difficulties such ...
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What did it mean to be “declared infamous”?
According to Wikipedia, in Ashford v. Thornton,
If the plaintiff said the word craven ("I am vanquished") and gave up the fight, he was to be declared infamous, deprived of the privileges ...
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Can a previously binding precedent be overturned based on its rationale being outdated?
Al loses a case at first instance and appeals to some very high court if not all the way to last resort. The ultimate decision is made based on some rationale that appeals to common sense or general ...
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Are the Supreme Court judges versed in Irish and Scottish as well as English law?
The Supreme Court of the U.K. is the court of last resort to Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England and Wales. But until the Supreme Court, the jurisdictions have very different laws and ...
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Was Ashford v Thornton heard at the Royal courts of Justice in Chancery Lane, London or elsewhere?
What physical venue was this 19th century Murder appeal heard in?
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Is a US state's revocation of a business license not being federally appealable codified somewhere, or is there simply no law saying it can be?
While the US constitution does contain the Interstate Commerce clause, it is argued that revocation of a business license and dissolution of a business following a US state's legal process can not be ...
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Are there downsides to appealing?
Yesterday a federal judge ruled against Texas regarding the border barrier they'd erected in the Rio Grande river. Governor Abbott said he'll appeal up to the Supreme Court if necessary.
A few months ...
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How common is detention pending appeal?
Trump has been charged in 4 separate criminal cases. These are two federal cases in Florida and Washington DC and two in Georgia and NY. If he were to be convicted, how common would it be for someone ...
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Was the recent ruling against Jordan Peterson an infringement of his free speech?
From what I've gathered, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson was taken to court by the College of Psychologists of Ontario on complaints of professional misconduct. This was based on him making public statements (...
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Does being overturned on appeal have consequences for the careers of trial judges? [duplicate]
Would a 95% rate of being overturned on appeal have any effect on a judge's career?
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Is a Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration reviewed de novo by the Appellate Division?
Appeals of an arbitration award are reviewed de novo. Does the same apply to the denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration? In other words, if the trial court denied a motion to compel arbitration, is ...
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When lords were tried by the House of Lords, where could they appeal to?
If a lord was proceeded against then the HoL would be the venue of first instance. But where would the appeal go from there, and what was the venue of last resort? Or was it there be all and end all, ...
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Why did US v. Assange skip the court of appeal?
The high court’s appeal was further sought to be appealed to the UKSC but not first to the EWCA. Why was the Court of Appeal passed over in this case?
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Can a judgment be appealed on grounds that it was moot? [duplicate]
It seems my previous question was misunderstood. A user suggested that I ask a new question instead of rewording the previous one.
The answers to that question addressed whether a decision that a case ...
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Is it normal for district judges first instance decisions to be appealed to circuit judges in other locations?
A judgment from clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court district judge (swan) was appealed to a circuit (?) judge in central London (Luba).
Isn’t the point of a circuit judge that they are the more ...
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Does a county court circuit judge’s decision in Birmingham bind a district judge in London?
They are more senior but in a different region of the English “county court.”
So how does this work?
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what courts are bound by the decisions of the privy council?
Which levels of other courts are its decisions binding or not binding on, if English courts don’t actually appeal to it?
To rephrase the question for greater clarity: Essentially, of courts that don’t ...
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What’s the difference between a trial court and a court of first instance?
In a recent discussion thread one was defined as apparently rather nearly the same thing as the other prompting me to ask what is the difference between them.
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Is a Request to Stay Case Pending Appeal Considered an Equitable Remedy in the USA?
A request for injunctive relief is an equitable remedy and courts have broad discretion in granting or denying it.
Is a request to stay case pending appeal also considered an equitable remedy?
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What parts of the Code of Criminal Procedure deal with appeal from a sentence?
I've been browsing through the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) and there doesn't seem to be any provision for appeals from sentencing (reduction) there seems to be ...
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How is the practice of non-publication of appeal-court opinions of states and the U.S. not in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment?
Defendant A is deemed not liable in a suit in light of the facts of the case, fact A, B and C for damages at appeals, but the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nth Circuit is officially ...
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Is a precedent of the Upper Tribunal binding on a county court?
It is said to have the equivalent status of the High Court, so that would suggest yes. And yet, it is not a proper court, so to speak, so what is the status of its decisions on lower courts that are ...
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How often can you appeal a rejection of the appeal(s) made? [closed]
How often can you appeal a rejection of the appeal(s) made regarding a penalty fare notice?
The appeal is appealing to the good nature and sense of humanity and justice, as the initial appeal was ...
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Waiver of a Right During Appeal When the Lower Court Rules that such a Right Does Not Exist?
Let's say two parties enter into an arbitration agreement and one of the parties seeks to enforce the arbitration agreement while the second party seeks to annul it. The two parties appear in court ...
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Denial of a motion to compel arbitration
When a motion to compel arbitration is denied in a lower court and the defendant files an appeal, does that automatically stay proceedings in the lower court?
Since the rules and laws can vary from ...
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If a defendant is found guilty, they can usually appeal to a higher court. Is the plaintiff appealing an acquittal also allowed?
Say Adam the accuser is taking Dave the Defendant to court. If Dave loses in his local district, I've heard that he can appeal the decision and be re-tried in a higher court (all the way to the ...
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Can you appeal a case after a higher court renders a favorable opinion about a law?
In the U.S. Supreme Court's case, 'Monasky v. Taglieri', an opinion was rendered regarding how jurisdiction findings related to 'Habitual Residence' under the Hague Convention are determined.
Could ...
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Is there any recourse if a defendant was found guilty due to an unknowingly false claim made by a juror during deliberations swaying jurors?
I know that often a potential juror who is a lawyer, or anyone with direct expertise relevant to a case, will be removed by one side or the other. However, this doesn't always happen, if for example ...
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What is the status of Meta's fine for breaking the EU privacy laws during the appeal?
Today it was in the news that Meta (owner of facebook) was fined 390 million Euros for GDPR violation by the Irish data protection officer. They were also told they have 3 months to change their user ...
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Can Prince Philip's will be unsealed before 2111?
His will was sealed for 90 years when he died, and the Guardian's appeal failed.
Can someone else do a different appeal and get it unsealed?
Is there any way it will be unsealed before the 90 years is ...
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How to resolve a conflict between deadlines for state-court appeals and removal to federal court?
Plaintiff sues defendant under state law in state court.
On January 1, the court issues an order that would give rise to an interlocutory appeal by the defendant. Assume defendant has 30 days to file ...
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What if a juror admits to having disregarded a judge's faulty instructions?
There are a number of situations where this could arise, but I'll use the one that I'm most familiar with: the Frank Quattrone (mis)trial.
Frank Quattrone was an investment banker who was charged and ...
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What California appellate court case is this call-privacy case?
I am looking for a case where a California appellate court made a factual analysis if the state's confidential communications statutes, Pen. Code § 632, et seq., was applicable where the call was too ...
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Comments on Rafaela Espinal v. New York City Department of Education et al
I am following up on an old court case that was reported in the news last year that stated:
Rafaela Espinal, a Dominican-American woman, claims in court filings she was abruptly fired from her job as ...
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Limits on sources of fact or law for a court (incl. appeal)
There are specific rules for introducing sources of fact in a normal (first-instance) trial, either through evidence or through witnesses, with constraints around hearsay, etcetera. A fact (or an ...
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Legal remedies if a lower court ignores stare decisis?
Let's say hypothetically that lower courts en masse decide to ignore Supreme Court decisions.
What legal alternatives are available to citizens if lower courts "Go rogue" and decides to ignore a ...
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Can errors in a Judge's decree allow the appealing party to appeal after the appeal time has elapsed?
In Iowa, can errors in a decree by a district Judge allow the appealing party to appeal past the normal appeal period?
Without revealing the specific codes referenced in the Iowa Code library, the ...
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What is the canonical ruling on why the rulings of a supreme court cannot be appealed?
I am essentially asking for a quote that I know exists but cannot remember.
A Law Lord from the British House of Lords either made a remark or an actual ruling on the subject of whether a ruling from ...
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Can a judge's decision to admit or not to admit "character evidence" under Wis. Stat. § 904.04 be challenged (on appeal)?
In the heated exchange between the judge and prosecutor (see 2nd video here) in the Rittenhouse trial, the judge says that he admitted "90404" evidence in other trials that the defendant was ...
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The rule of issue preservation for appeal
In the US, there is a Rule of Issue Preservation: you must raise ("preserve") an issue before the court to later have opportunity to appeal on that issue.
I am trying to find out whether ...
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Are unprotected-speech classifications questions of law or questions of fact?
Only a few categories of speech are unprotected by the First Amendment:
advocacy intended, and likely, to incite imminent lawless action, see Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969);
obscenity, see, ...
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Is there a time limit for when you can make an appeal to a court's decision in the United States?
Is there a time limit for when you can make an appeal to a court's decision in the United States? Is there a time limit or you can make an appeal 30 years after the case was decided by the court? I am ...
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If you win a family court appeal in MS can you request another judge?
If a person wins an appeal in MS family court due to no guardian ad litem being appointed when allegations of child abuse are made known does the appellant have grounds to request another judge or ...
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Are You Entitled To Release From Prison If All Of Your Accusers Recant Their Testimony?
There's no physical evidence that a man convicted of a murder in Addison, Ill. is guilty. Instead, his conviction is mostly based on the testimony of three friends, all of whom later recant.
May a ...
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To which court can you file an interlocutory appeal from a superior court in California?
To the California Court of Appeal of the [ordinal number] District or to the United States District Court for the [geographic jurisdiction] District of California?
If both, is any of them almost ...
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Can application for leave to appeal be determined by the judge whose decision is being appealed?
Appeals to the next level court may first require leave to appeal.
Say in New Zealand, where a party wants to appeal a decision of the High Court to the Court of Appeal, they may need to apply to the ...
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Why and when did some American appellate courts add an 's' to the word 'Appeal' in their title?
In England & Wales and most of the Commonwealth, the title of an appellate court is the Court of Appeal. The word 'appeal' is singular because it describes the purpose of the court in contrast to ...
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On what grounds could threats of civil unrest overturn the results of a trial?
On Saturday, April 17, 2021, United States Congresswoman Maxine Waters called for protesters to “stay on the street” and “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ...
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Who can overrule a court's finding of contempt?
A judge has authority and broad discretion to incarcerate people for contempt-of-court.
Who, besides the judge who holds a person in contempt, has authority to overturn a finding of contempt or an ...
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