2002 U.S. Code
Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 28 - APPENDIX
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS
Form 31 - Judgment on Jury Verdict
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
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| Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE TITLE 28 - APPENDIX RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS APPENDIX OF FORMS Form 31 - Judgment on Jury Verdict |
| Contains | form 31 |
| Date | 2002 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 2003 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | As added Jan. 21, 1963, eff. July 1, 1963. |
Form 31. Judgment on Jury Verdict United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Civil Action, File Number ____
A. B., Plaintiff
v.
}Judgment
C. D., Defendant
This action came on for trial before the Court and a jury, Honorable John Marshall, District Judge, presiding, and the issues having been duly tried and the jury having duly rendered its verdict,
It is Ordered and Adjudged
[that the plaintiff A. B. recover of the defendant C. D. the sum of ____, with interest thereon at the rate of __ percent as provided by law, and his costs of action.]
[that the plaintiff take nothing, that the action be dismissed on the merits, and that the defendant C. D. recover of the plaintiff A. B. his costs of action.]
Dated at New York, New York, this ____ day of ______, 19__.
________________________,
Clerk of Court.
Note1. This Form is illustrative of the judgment to be entered upon the general verdict of a jury. It deals with the cases where there is a general jury verdict awarding the plaintiff money damages or finding for the defendant, but is adaptable to other situations of jury verdicts.
2. The clerk, unless the court otherwise orders, is required forthwith to prepare, sign, and enter the judgment upon a general jury verdict without awaiting any direction by the court. The form of the judgment upon a special verdict or a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories shall be promptly approved by the court, and the clerk shall thereupon enter it. See Rule 58, as amended.
3. The Rules contemplate a simple judgment promptly entered. See Rule 54(a). Every judgment shall be set forth on a separate document. See Rule 58, as amended.
4. Attorneys are not to submit forms of judgment unless directed in exceptional cases to do so by the court. See Rule 58, as amended.
(As added Jan. 21, 1963, eff. July 1, 1963.)
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