MGMT 211 CH 3 Part 2

allows defendant to be a plaintiff against actual plaintiff in an independent suit; allows parties to settle all claims at once

judges must have at least ten years experience as an attorney; hear both civil and criminal appeals; will either hear a case en banc or with small panels

filed to bring in a third party to the lawsuit

plaintiff entitled to use this if defendant doesn't file answer; plaintiff gets everything they ask for

the party that is sued

Oral testimony of witnesses before attorneys of the parties and a court reporter

motion by defendant to get case dismissed based on plaintiff not providing enough proof through evidence; usually not successful

Pretrial process by which each party obtains information from the opposing party or some third party with relevant information; depositions, interrogatories, requests for admissions, production of documents

can cover one or more counties, now created by Texas statute; handles exclusive appellate and original jurisdiction of all action, proceedings, and remedies unless exclusive jurisdiction is given to another court as well as civil cases above $500,000

consisting of all of the judges

having to do with things that call federal legislation and rules into question

act of attorneys trying to find the right district to file suit under for jurisdiction's sake

Testimony that is not firsthand knowledge of the situation in question