If you are making a pinpoint citation to a particular statement, cite to the paragraph number, when available, and use the shorthand “at para” (singular) or “at paras” (plural). Otherwise, cite accurately to the page number(s) in the printed reporter by simply listing “at (page reference)”.
Summary Disposition. 165 A party may discontinue all or part of a proceeding by serving and filing a notice of discontinuance. 166 A party shall file a declaration of settlement or a notice of discontinuance in Form 166 in a proceeding that has been concluded other than by a judgment or discontinuance on consent.
Citing Massachusetts Court Decisions Name v. Name, Volume Reporter abbreviation Page (Court abbreviation Year). Reporter Abbreviation refers to Northeastern Reporter: N.E. or N.E. 2d. The citation appears after Cite as on the top of the page of Massachusetts Decisions.
It compromises 2 divisions: Division 1 is a continuation of the Family Court of Australia and deals only with family law matters. Division 2 is a continuation of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and deals with both family law and general law matters.
The Code of Federal Regulations may be cited by title and section, and the short form “CFR” may be used for “Code of Federal Regulations.” For example, “1 CFR 10.2” refers to title 1, Code of Federal Regulations, part 10, section 2.
The correct citation of the local rules are LCvR, LCrR, LGnR followed by # - # (federal rule number and local rule number). One example is LCvR56-1 augments the federal summary judgment rule.
An Application for Leave and Judicial Review is the process of seeking permission from the Federal Court of Canada to challenge an immigration decision. This application must be commenced within either 15 days (for in-Canada decisions) or 60 days (for overseas decisions) from the date of the decision.
Citing court cases (decisions/opinions) title or name of the case. volume and page number of the court reporter, e.g. U.S.= United States Reports is the official source (reporter) of U.S. Supreme Court Opinions. Date of the decision.
In a multi-defendant lawsuit where one of the defendants is in-state, an out-of-state employer should consider whether it's in a position to remove prior to service upon the in-state defendant. Once an in-state defendant is properly joined and served, snap removal is no longer an option.
One seemingly simple way to destroy diversity jurisdiction and curb federal power is to name a non-diverse defendant—with sometimes limited ties to the litigation—among otherwise diverse defendants, for the sole purpose of defeating a motion for removal (i.e., improper joinder).