If your appeal is dismissed, the Court of Appeal may assess costs against you. Usually, although not always, the scale of costs will be in the range of the amounts set out in the Court of Appeal tariff.

Most cases are handled in an expeditious manner. The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 establishes standard time requirements for the timely prosecution and disposition of criminal cases in district courts. There is no similar law governing civil trial scheduling, and as a result, the scheduling of criminal cases is assigned a higher priority. In 1990, Congress enacted legislation that directs each district court to devise and adopt a civil expense and delay reduction plan.

Yes, the fine can be paid but you should notify the court of the cancellation of your court date a few days prior to that date.

For a certification involving information produced by the Census Bureau, a customer can print off the request form on the certification web page and fax it to the Customer Services Center (301-457-3842). You can also submit the request via e-mail (MSO.Certify@census.gov) or over the phone (301-763-INFO). There is a fee for this service.

After his WWF tenure ended in 1996 both filed lawsuits against each other claiming they had the rights to the name and likeness of the Ultimate Warrior. WWF claimed Warrior did not get to keep the name because he didn't live up to his contract. Warrior claimed WWF was unfair to his contract and that he owned the name before 1996 and even before he came to WWF in 1987 anyway. The case was settled in a court in Arizona sometime around 2001. Warrior won the case.

While lawsuits are started in many of our cases, they rarely go to trial. The vast majority of our clients' matters are settled - quickly, out of court and to our clients' satisfaction.

Court costs vary with each case. You must call the Clerk of Court's Office and ask for the Civil Department. Please have a docket (case) number available.

This can happen. After all, the Equipment Rental Agreement strips you of many of the defenses that would normally be available to a lessee of equipment and separates your obligations to pay the rental payments from the continued operability of the Matrix device or the continued provision by Norvergence of telecommunication services. And, we can't guaranty that we won't lose. We can represent to you that we will diligently pursue this matter on your behalf to the best of our ability.

Case costs are money that we pay out to others in order to get your case ready for trial. Examples would be the filing fee required by the court and expenses for depositions and experts. Case costs vary depending on the complexity of the case, but we always have an up-to-date balance available if you want it. Remember that if we do not recover anything for you, you do not have to pay back the case costs to us.

You may have the right to appeal the judge or jury's decision. Most appeals will go to the appellate courts, which are the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. (Last updated on 09/14/2001 )

If you lose your court notice, call the Family Division main number, 973-693-6600, before your court date to find out where and when to appear. You may also call the Family Information Center at 973-693-6678 for assistance.

You can stop the court case by paying all the rent you owe, any late fees, court costs, and attorney's fees (if your lease says you may owe attorney's fees if the landlord takes you to court for unpaid rent). You must pay everything that you owe at or before the first court hearing. However, you can only stop the court case once every 12 months by paying everything you owe before the first hearing.

The judge in the case has repeatedly denied Defendants' motions to dismiss the case and for summary judgment.

A PINS petition may be filed in Family Court by a parent or other person legally responsible for the care of the child, by a peace officer or police officer, by a person who has been injured by a child, or by a school or other authorized agency. The PINS petition contains a description of the child's behavior and asks the court to find that the child is in need of supervision.

Call your local Sheriff's Station weekdays during business hours. If you do not have the report's file number, please be prepared to supply the date, time, location and name of the parties involved to assist us in locating the proper report.

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The Tax Office schedules an initial status hearing within approximately 90 days of filing. Superior Court Tax Rules give the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia 60 days to respond to a petition.

soon as the Record on Appeal and the Final Briefs are served and filed, the appeal is ready for consideration by the Court. Most cases are taken under advisement within four to six months of being ready for consideration. Most of this time period is attributable to preliminary work on the case by the judges. Some of the time is delay caused by the large number of cases pending in the Court. Some cases are heard in oral argument.