Thursday, May 13, 2010

What does it mean if a civil case was rendered/remanded and than closed in supreme court and sent to superior?

court. Does that have any significance to about how much money is involved, or because it was a felony crime first than the civil was opened. I dont get it. Even if you don't know what it means an educated speculation would be greatly appreciated! thanksWhat does it mean if a civil case was rendered/remanded and than closed in supreme court and sent to superior?
It means if you don't have a lawyer yet, you really need one now. Otherwise, it means you should ask your lawyer.What does it mean if a civil case was rendered/remanded and than closed in supreme court and sent to superior?
Remanded means that the supreme court is not going to reverse the trial court's decision nor affirm their decision. Instead the supreme court is saying that there was an error and the lower court (aka state superior court) either needs to fix the error or retry the case. Usually they make a different statement about costs. If they said nothing, I would assume it's all on the person who filed the appeals unless the appellant requested an attorney fee and costs determination.





Errors are things like poor jury instructions (ex. having a jury discern whether there was contributory negligence when they should have instructed them what proportion of comparative negligence) or evidence that should have been admitted but wasn't allowed in, etc.
It just means the Supreme court sent it back to the lower or superior court for trial/judgment, etc.

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