LEGL 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Jury Trial
31 May 2017
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Tips to what to write on the cheat sheet (hardest subject) Other considerations exclusivity (sometimes takes away from the theory of general) Venue not jurisdiction, refers to the place but comes back to the association of jurisdiction. If the issue involves a statue of the us (including regulation) If the us is a party (doesn"t matter the dispute) Total diversity of citizenship and the amount being sued for must exceed ,000 (just in this case) Motion getting the attention of the court in a formal way. Pre-trial administration - not on the final. Discovery on the final, my cousin vinny movie talks about it, in all lawsuits (one exception: 5th amendment or 4th amendment to not give up evidence, criminal defense), as a matter of due process, parties are entitled to everything that the other party knows pertinent to the lawsuit. If a party wants a jury trial, they can get it.
