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Summary Of Maki V. Chong, 119 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 46, Hilary Barrett Aug 2003

Summary Of Maki V. Chong, 119 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 46, Hilary Barrett

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Appeal from a district court order applying the statutory homestead exemption to a debtor’s real property.


Traditional Equity And Contemporary Procedure, Thomas O. Main Jan 2003

Traditional Equity And Contemporary Procedure, Thomas O. Main

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This Article offers extensive background on the development and eventual merger of the regimes of law and equity, and suggests that the procedural infrastructure of a unified system must be sufficiently elastic to accommodate the traditional jurisdiction of equity. As the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure become increasingly more elaborate and technical, strict application of those procedural rules can generate mischievous results and hardship. This Article suggests that equity remains a source of authority for district judges to avoid the application of a procedural rule when technical compliance would produce an inequitable result. A separate system of equity provided a …


Symposium Introduction: Perspectives On Dispute Resolution In The Twenty-First Century, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jan 2003

Symposium Introduction: Perspectives On Dispute Resolution In The Twenty-First Century, Jeffrey W. Stempel

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