Chapter 9: Steps in a Civil Case
Party A has been injured by the wrongful conduct of Party B. Party A wants to file a lawsuit against Party B. How does Party A do this? And what happens with the civil case thereafter? Here we will focus on how a civil case between Party A (a plaintiff) and Party B (a defendant) would progress in the US district courts. Civil cases in the district courts are governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which went through significant amendments in 2007. Nearly all states have similar rules in their state court systems. According to the FRCP, the parties and court should administer and construe the FRCP “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination” of a civil case.[1]
You may access the FRCP and review its specific rules here.
In analyzing the steps of a civil case, we will assume that both parties are represented by attorneys. Therefore, when we refer to a party, we will not also mention its attorney because we are assuming that a party is acting through its attorney. The main steps in a civil case in the district courts are pleadings, motions, scheduling conference and order, discovery, pretrial conference and order, trial, and appeal.
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Democracy gives a lot more power to the common people in a country than any other system. Before democracy was in place only the highest social class such as the nobility and the monarchs would dictate the lives of people whether they liked it or not and only with a revolution and change of the ruler would people have some power. In a democracy, we can choose who rules and which policies to support and which go against our interests. A voter has a lot more power to shape a country than in a country with no democracy.
Buying the Louisiana Purchase for $15 million
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Tecumseh's war was a conflict between the United States and an American Indian confederation led by Shawnee leader Tecumseh in Indiana territory. Although the war is often considered to have culminated with William Henry Harrison's victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, the Tecumseh War essentially continued in the war of 1812, and is often considered a part of that larger struggle. The war lasted for another two years, until the fall of 1813, when Tecumseh, as well as his second in command, Roundhead, died fighting the Northwest Harrison Army at the Thames Battle of Upper Canada, near present-day Chatham, Ontario, and his confederation disintegrated. Tecumseh's War is viewed by some academic historians as the final conflict of a long-term military struggle for control of the Great Lakes region of North America, spanning a series of wars over several generations, referred to as the War Years.
