Calendar of Cases (Rule 20)

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1. Under Rule20 §1, who keeps the calendar of cases and under whose direct supervision?
2. Which group is expressly given preference in the calendar under Rule20 §1?
3. Under Rule20 §2, how is assignment of cases to different branches of a court ordinarily made?
4. A case's trial is postponed. The clerk removes it entirely from the calendar on the theory that Rule20 covers only case…
5. Both parties want their newly filed case assigned directly to a particular branch and ask the clerk to bypass raffle so…
6. The court plans a branch-assignment raffle but gives no adequate notice and holds it in a closed session that prevents …
7. A litigant in a habeas corpus case correctly invokes Rule20's calendar preference, then argues that preference proves e…
8. Describe the matters included in the Rule20 calendar and the respective functions of clerk and judge.
9. Explain Rule20's ordinary safeguards for assigning cases among branches and why party agreement alone cannot replace th…
10. Distinguish calendar preference from adjudication on the merits, using a habeas corpus or election case as an example.
11. Does a properly notified interested party have to attend the Rule20 raffle for its assignment to be valid solely on tha…
12. Is a proper interpleader case within Rule20’s named special-civil-action preference category?