United States Judges' Selected Decisions (The Edwards Collection)

Author: (American) Edwards, translated by Fu Yulin et al.
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Mr. Edwards is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and a Visiting Professor at the New York University School of Law. The judicial documents selected in this book were prepared during his tenure at the Court of Appeals. Each case involves reviewing rulings made by federal district courts (federal trial courts) or administrative agencies established by Congress to enforce laws regulating specific entities or businesses. The published cases each include a case caption, indicating the names of the parties involved, the name of the court that rendered the decision, the date of the hearing, and the date of the decision. Following the caption, a list of counsel is provided in the order in which they represented the parties in the case. At the end of each opinion, the names of the three judges who heard the case on appeal and the judge who drafted the legal opinion are listed. These cases are only a small sample of the various types of cases heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, merely depicting a snapshot of the judges' activities in adjudicating cases and drafting legal opinions. Each case is preceded by a brief or summary of the facts and issues submitted to the court, which highly condenses the submitted facts and the. These summaries will help readers better understand the court's opinions. Although viewing the whole through a part may be somewhat one-sided, and my writing style will inevitably carry a certain personal touch, these legal opinions present an ordinary picture of the work of federal appellate judges in the United States.