"...were it left up to me to decide whether
we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers with a
government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
Thomas Jefferson, 1787
quoted
by Judge Alex Kozinski and Stuart Banner in "Who's Afraid of
Commercial Speech," 76 Va. L. Rev. 627
(May 1990)
FRCP Rule 37 and
Local Rule 37 (tips contributed with thanks to Douglas L. Lytle
of San Diego)
Rule 37 letter (fromFAQs about
Judges' Procedures and Schedules on Central
District website, procedures of Magistrate Judge Nakazato, Santa Ana
(Southern Division))
Rule 37 Stipulation (onFAQs about
Judges' Procedures and Schedules on Central
District website, procedures
of Magistrate Judge Nakazato,
Santa Ana (Southern Division))
Rule 37 Notice of Motion (onFAQs about
Judges' Procedures and Schedules on Central
District website, procedures
of Magistrate Judge Nakazato,
Santa Ana (Southern Division))
Guidelines for
Discovery Disputes ( (onFAQs about
Judges' Procedures and Schedules on Central
District website, procedures
of Magistrate Judge Turchin, Los
Angeles (Western Division))
(The
following are examples of cases in which oral argument are
available on Real Audio on
the Oyez Project Website--Click on "Search by Title" and select words
or
names of the case title to search)
Brandenburg v. Ohio CCNV v.
Reid Fantasy v. Fogerty FCC v.
Pacifica Foundation Feltner
v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.. Gertz v.
Robert Welch Inc Glickman
v. Wileman Brothers & Elliot
New York Times v. Tasini
National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley Reno v.
ACLU Quality
King Distrib. v. L'anza Research Int.
Sony Corp. v. Unversal City Studios Wal-Mart
Stores v. Samara B ros., Inc
Selected
Local Rules (CAUTION--see NEW LOCAL RULES
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2001 which tracks the numbering of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure)
-- The Local Rules are now searchable on the Central District
Website.
This
searching link may also work.
Old Local Rule 3 (form of pleadings)--Now see Local Rule 11--See
local rule 3 re Civil cover sheet and information sheet re ip cases)
Old Local Rule 4 (notice of related cases; certificate of interested parties)
Old Local Rule 6 (early meeting of counsel, disclosures, report to court,
status conference) -- Now see Local Rule 26 re disclosure and
conference of parties; exhibit numbering)
Old Local Rule 7 (motions and ex parte applications)--Now see Local rule 6 re
timing of filing of motions
Serve-em.com (excellent
web site with statutes from the various states (see Rules), and
information
on service in countries around the world (see Int'l) for Hague
countries, InterAmerican Convention countries and letters rogatory
countries)