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Civil Procedure—Sufficiency of Evidence Not Reviewable in Absence of Post-Verdict Judgment as a Matter of Law or New Trial Motion—Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc., 546 U.S. 394 (2006)

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were enacted in 1938 to “secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action.”  The Federal Rules provide three avenues for challenging the sufficiency of a party’s evidence presented at trial:  a Rule 50(a)...

Massachusetts Paves the Way: A Comparison Between the Confrontation Right Guaranteed by the United States and Massachusetts Constitutions in Light of Crawford v. Washington

On November 17, 1603, at the conclusion of Sir Walter Raleigh’s now famous trial, a jury found Raleigh guilty of treason.  Historical observers have recognized the unfairness of the entire proceeding, but it was the denial of Raleigh’s request to face his lone accuser...