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The legal process of resolving a dispute through judicial decision making by a court or other tribunal that applies law to facts and renders a judgment.
Arcadia Retail faces multiple consumer claims over a defective product. When one plaintiff seeks to litigate individually, the court certifies a class under Rule 23(b)(1)(B) because separate adjudications would dispose of the interests of absent class members by determining the common defect issue.
Albert Allen served as arbitrator in a contract dispute between Azure Solutions and Alliance Holdings. After the award, Allen joins a firm that represents Azure Solutions in a related matter. The firm must obtain written informed consent from all parties or decline the representation under the rule governing former adjudicative officers.
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Anika Anand and other voters sue state officials alleging that legislative districts violate equal protection. The court adjudicates the claim on the merits after determining that none of the political question factors bar review, allowing the suit to proceed to judgment on the district boundaries.
Adam Anderson sues in federal court claiming $120,000 in damages but recovers only $40,000 after trial. The district court adjudges him entitled to less than the jurisdictional amount and exercises discretion to deny costs to Anderson while imposing costs on him under the statute.
After a court adjudicates Antonio Alvarado mentally ill and places his property under guardianship, he attempts to enter a contract to sell land. The agreement creates no contractual duties because the adjudication removes his capacity to incur such obligations.
Alice Atkins petitions to establish that Andrew Avery is the father of her child. The court adjudicates Avery the legal parent under the uniform act after hearing evidence on genetic testing and other factors listed in Article 6.
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), a dismissal for failure to prosecute or comply with rules or a court order operates as an adjudication on the merits unless the order states otherwise or the dismissal is for lack of jurisdiction, improper venue, or failure to join a party under Rule 19.
Adjudication refers to the judicial process by which a court or tribunal decides a case and renders a judgment, while arbitration is a private alternative dispute resolution process in which a neutral third party decides the dispute outside the court system.
A lawyer participating in an adjudicative proceeding must not knowingly make false statements of fact or law to the tribunal and must take reasonable remedial measures, including disclosure if necessary, when the lawyer knows a person intends to or has engaged in criminal or fraudulent conduct related to the proceeding.
A person whose property is placed under guardianship by reason of an adjudication of mental illness or defect has no capacity to incur contractual duties under the Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 13.
A court may adjudicate an individual the parent of a child under Article 6 of the Uniform Parentage Act, and a presumption of parentage may be overcome only by such an adjudication or a valid denial of parentage.
…provided a different mode and enacted that the Secretary of War in conjunction with the Attorney General take measures to obtain adjudication by the Supreme Court on the validity of such rights. A mandamus was moved for to the Secretary at War to place a person on the pension list. The decision was not that a mandamus would not…