Short Answers

1. What is qualified immunity?

2. What is the rule regarding review of summary judgment on appeal after a final

judgment is rendered?

3. What is the rule applied to litigants that fail to timely object to evidence at trial and

attempt to raise an objection to such evidence on appeal?

4. What is the rule regarding leave to amend as it applies to the discretion of the

district court? Note underlying purpose of Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 (2015).

5. What is the rule regarding federal judges supervising trials, and how does that rule

apply to a trial judge’s behavior/rulings?

6. What is the test applied when a lawyer asserts that a member of the jury engaged in

juror misconduct by purposefully withholding information during voir dire (the

questioning of a jury panel to determine the fitness to serve on the jury) indicating bias?

7. What is the rule regarding an appellant seeking a reversal based on their own

evidentiary errors?

8. What is the rule regarding a judge participating in the examination of witnesses?

9. What is the rule regarding the authority of a federal judge to determine the extent

and nature of a post-trial evidentiary hearing?

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