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Ex. VT-048 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 36

Temporary Postponement of Jury Trials

Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel) · Vermont (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Vermont
Level
Court
Authority
Vt. Const. ch. II, § 30; 4 V.S.A. § 1 (administrative control of the courts)
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
Superseded by A.O. 49 (Mar. 16, 2020) and its jury-trial suspensions (VT-051) (read as 2020-03-16)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the superior courts
  • members of the Vermont bar
  • jurors and litigants
Functions reached
  • CT courts (jury trials)
  • PJ litigation projects of law firms
  • CB clients
Collection
Vermont VT

Operative words

the Court orders the superior courts to postpone until at least April 15, 2020 any jury case for which the jury has not yet been drawn with some exceptions.

Enforcement

Order of the Supreme Court binding on the superior courts

Notes

Memo to the bar of March 13, 2020 summarizing the Directive; the Directive's own text is described, not reproduced, in the memo.

Retrieval note

The Judiciary's own contemporaneous description of the instrument.

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