Juries continued, even in non-criminal cases, to act in defiance of the crown.
Justice Souter was considerably less predictable, however, in the term's non-criminal cases.
However, if you feel your safety is at risk, you can petition the court to remove your address from the online record of a non-criminal case.
Only the United States and Canada make routine use of jury trials in a wide variety of non-criminal cases.
The Civil Division deals with all non-criminal cases, and has been part of the Court since its establishment in 1875.
The court process used in these jurisdictions differs considerably from that used in the federal courts and the courts of other states in non-criminal cases.
The vast majority of non-criminal cases in the United States are handled in state courts, rather than federal courts.
Unlike non-criminal cases, criminal proceedings in state courts are primarily conducted orally, in person, in open court.
That office provides legal aid in non-criminal cases to low-income, elderly or disabled residents in 35 counties.
By far the most important two categories of federal subject-matter jurisdiction in non-criminal cases are federal question jurisdiction and diversity jurisdiction.
