| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 460 pages
..."That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe by general rule for the District Courts of the United States and for the Courts...practice and procedure in civil actions at law. Said rule shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant" The language... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 414 pages
...language of the various sections of the Enabling Acts, allowing the court to "prescribe by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings and motions, and the practice and procedure of the district courts . . ." " did not include rules of evidence. Rather, in Justice Douglas' view,... | |
| United States. Department of Justice - 1933 - 1506 pages
...act of Congress, approved June 19, 1934, gives the Supreme Court authority to prescribe rules for the district courts of the United States, and for the courts of the District of Columbia, to govern practice and procedure in civil actions at law. The act provides: "That the Supreme Court... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1976 - 1566 pages
...same title provides direct authorization to the Supreme Court alone to "prescribe, by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure of the district courts and courts of appeals of the United States in civil actions." Absent congressional... | |
| United States - 1976 - 1242 pages
...modify any substantive right. "The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure under the Bankruptcy Act. "Such rules shall not take effect until they have been reported to Congress... | |
| A. E. Dick Howard, Sanford A. Newman - 1976 - 98 pages
...same title provides direct authorization to the Supreme Court alone to "prescribe, by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure of the district courts and courts of appeals of the United States in civil actions." Absent congressional... | |
| Karen Markle Knab - 1977 - 546 pages
...drafted in l973. [§§4-8, 9, l56] . The supreme judicial court has power to prescribe, by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings and motions,...the practice and procedure in civil actions at law [§4-8] ; and to prescribe rules of evidence in civil and criminal actions. [§4-9-a] . FINANCING AND... | |
| Gary L. McDowell - 1982 - 201 pages
...the Supreme Court of the United States shall have the power to prescribe, by general rules, for the district courts of the United States and for the courts...and the practice and procedure in civil actions at law.32 Although the Supreme Court had possessed the rule-making power with regard to equity procedure... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 2005 - 74 pages
...1988.) § 2075. Bankruptcy rules The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe by general rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure in cases under title 11. Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge, or modify any substantive right. The Supreme... | |
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