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Civil Practice And Procedure, John R. Walk, Michael R. Spitzer Ii
Civil Practice And Procedure, John R. Walk, Michael R. Spitzer Ii
University of Richmond Law Review
This article will summarize recent developments of interest to practitioners handling civil cases in the courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Specifically included are relevant decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia dating from opinions announced on June 10, 2004 to those announced on April 22, 2005; changes to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia announced during the same time period; and legislation enacted by the Virginia General Assembly at its 2005 Session, effective July 1, 2005.
Declaratory Judgments In Maryland , Richard W. Case
Declaratory Judgments In Maryland , Richard W. Case
Maryland Law Review
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Declaratory Judgments, Ralph W. Aigler
Declaratory Judgments, Ralph W. Aigler
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The Declaratory Judgments Act of Michigan (Act No. 150, P. A. 1919) provided as follows: (Sec. 1) "No action or proceeding in any court of record shall be open to objection on the ground that a merely declaratory judgment, decree or order is sought thereby, and the court may make binding declarations of rights whether any consequential relief is or could be claimed, or not, including the determination, at the instance of anyone claiming to be interested under a deed, will or other written instrument, of any question of construction arising under the instrument and a declaration of the rights …
Declaratory Judgment - Declaring Rights Under The Guise Of Granting An Injunction, Edson R. Sunderland
Declaratory Judgment - Declaring Rights Under The Guise Of Granting An Injunction, Edson R. Sunderland
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It has often been held that a party may obtain a judicial determination of his rights in respect to legislation alleged to be invalid, by means of an application to a court of equity for an injunction restraining the enforcement of the statute. Ex parte Young (1907) 209 U. S. 123, is the leading case of this type. There, a railroad rate statute was involved, which required compliance by all railroad companies in the state, under the threat of heavy penalties. The railroad actually violated the provisions of the statute after an injunction had been obtained by a stockholder restraining …
Declaratory Judgments, Edson R. Sunderland
Declaratory Judgments, Edson R. Sunderland
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The widespread interest in this new form of remedial instrument, which was somewhat dashed by the recent decision of the Michigan Supreme Court in Anway v. Grand Rapids Ry. Co. (1920), 211 Mich. 59, holding declaritoty relief to be non-judicial and outside the constitutional power of courts (19 MICH. LAW REV. 86), has been revived by the action of the legislature of Kansas in enacting a declaratory judgment statute almost identical with the Michigan act. This was done with full knowledge of the decision in the Anway case, and inasmuch as it is well known that some of the judges …