How Rendered (Rule 36)

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1. Under Rule 36, Section 1, in what form must a judgment or final order determining the merits be rendered?
2. Who must personally and directly prepare the judgment described in Rule 36, Section 1?
3. What must a merits decision clearly and distinctly state under Article VIII, Section 14?
4. A judge orally announces a preferred outcome but has not prepared, signed or filed the required written merits judgment…
5. A judge completes and signs a written decision but keeps it privately without filing it with the clerk of court. Which …
6. An unsigned draft containing the proposed result is found in chambers. A clerk mistakenly describes it as the court's f…
7. A written merits decision states only the dispositive result and gives no factual or legal basis. A party argues that i…
8. List the requirements for rendering a merits judgment or final order under Rule 36, Section 1. Explain why an oral anno…
9. Explain the connection between Rule 36's statement-of-reasons requirement and Article VIII, Section 14. Can a bare resu…
10. Distinguish a signed decision retained privately by a judge, a decision filed with the clerk and the later communicatio…
11. Under Rule36 Section6, should a judgment against persons sued as a nonjuridical entity set out their individual or prop…
12. May a proper several judgment be rendered against fewer than all defendants under Section4?