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    • DIGEST OF DECISION 2021 EDITION

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    DIGEST OF DECISIONS: LIST OF TOPICS

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    Table of Contants

    Administrattive Law – Constitutional Law

    ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

    • - Administrative Procedure Act
    • - Exhaustion of Remedies
    • - Judicial Review
    • - Rules and Regulations
    • - Statutory Construction

    ADMIRALTY

    • - Jurisdiction and Extent
    • - Maritime Torts
    • - Salvage
    • - Seamen
    • - Ships
    • - Ships - Charter
    • - Ships - Liability
    • - Ships - Maritime Liens
    • - Ships - Maritime Liens - Security for
    • - Ships - Mortgages

    AGENCY

    AGRICULTURE

    AMICUS CURIAE

    APPELLATE REVIEW

    • - Briefs, Record, and Oral Argument
    • - Decisions Reviewable
    • - Decisions Reviewable - Collateral Orders
    • - Decisions Reviewable - Direct Appeals
    • - Decisions Reviewable - Final Decision Defined
    • - Decisions Reviewable - Interlocutory
    • - Dismissal
    • - Frivolous Appeals
    • - In Forma Pauperis
    • - Mandate
    • - Motions
    • - Notice of Appeal
    • - Notice of Appeal - Extension of Time
    • - Parties
    • - Rehearing
    • - Standard - Civil Cases
    • - Standard - Civil Cases - Abuse of Discretion
    • - Standard - Civil Cases - Admission of Evidence
    • - Standard - Civil Cases - De Novo
    • - Standard - Civil Cases - Factual Findings
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases - Abuse of Discretion
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases - Clearly Erroneous
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases - De Novo
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases - Plain Error
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases - Sentence
    • - Standard - Criminal Cases - Sufficiency of Evidence
    • - Stay - Civil Cases
    • - Stay - Civil Cases - Money Judgments
    • - Stay - Criminal Cases

    ARBITRATION

    ATTACHMENT AND EXECUTION

    ATTORNEY AND CLIENT

    • - Admission to Practice
    • - Appearance
    • - Attorney Discipline and Sanctions
    • - Disqualification of Counsel
    • - Legal Malpractice
    • - Withdrawal of Counsel

    ATTORNEYS' FEES

    • - Court-Awarded
    • - Court-Awarded - Common Fund
    • - Court-Awarded - Contractual
    • - Court-Awarded - Private Attorney General
    • - Court-Awarded - Statutory
    • - Paid by Client
    • - Paid by Client - Contingent

    ATTORNEYS GENERAL

    AVIATION

    BAIL

    BANKRUPTCY

    • - Automatic Stay
    • - Debtor's Estate
    • - Discharge
    • - Dismissal
    • - Priorities
    • - Receiver/Trustee

    BANKS AND BANKING

    BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

    • - Cooperatives
    • - Corporations
    • - Corporations - Dissolution
    • - Corporations - Liability
    • - Corporations - Stock and Stockholders
    • - Joint Enterprises
    • - Partnerships
    • - Sole Proprietorships

    CHOICE OF LAW

    CITIZENSHIP

    CIVIL PROCEDURE

    • - Admissions
    • - Affidavits
    • - Class Actions
    • - Class Actions - Adequacy
    • - Class Actions - Commonality
    • - Class Actions - Notice
    • - Class Actions - Numerosity
    • - Class Actions - Settlement
    • - Class Actions - Typicality
    • - Collateral Estoppel
    • - Consolidation
    • - Declaratory Relief
    • - Default and Default Judgments
    • - Default and Default Judgments - Entry of Default
    • - Default and Default Judgments - Entry of Default - Setting Aside
    • - Default and Default Judgments - Sum Certain
    • - Depositions
    • - Derivative Actions
    • - Discovery
    • - Discovery - Protective Order
    • - Dismissal
    • - Dismissal - After Plaintiff's Evidence
    • - Dismissal - Before Responsive Pleading
    • - Dismissal - By the Parties
    • - Dismissal - By Plaintiff
    • - Dismissal - Forum non Conveniens
    • - Dismissal - Lack of Jurisdiction
    • - Dismissal - Lack of Prosecution
    • - Filings
    • - Filings - By Facsimile
    • - Frivolous Actions
    • - Injunctions
    • - Injunctions - Balance of Injuries
    • - Injunctions - Bond
    • - Injunctions - Ex Parte
    • - Injunctions - Irreparable Harm
    • - Injunctions - Likelihood of Success
    • - Injunctions - Mandatory
    • - Injunctions - Public Interest
    • - Interpleader
    • - Interrogatories
    • - Intervention
    • - Joinder, Misjoinder, and Severance
    • - Judgment on the Pleadings
    • - Motions
    • - Motions - For Enlargement
    • - Motions - For Reconsideration
    • - Motions - Points and Authorities
    • - Motions - Rule 6(d) Certification
    • - Motions - Sua Sponte
    • - Motions - Unopposed
    • - New Trial
    • - Notice
    • - Parties
    • - Parties - "John Doe"
    • - Parties - Juridical Persons
    • - Parties - Minors
    • - Parties - Official Capacity
    • - Parties - Pro Se
    • - Parties - Substitution of
    • - Pleadings
    • - Pleadings - Affirmative Defenses
    • - Pleadings - Amendment
    • - Pleadings - Counterclaims and Cross-Claims
    • - Pleadings - Impleader
    • - Pleadings - More Definite Statement
    • - Pleadings - Striking Pleadings
    • - Pleadings - Supplemental
    • - Pleadings - With Particularity
    • - Res Judicata
    • - Res Judicata - Privity
    • - Sanctions
    • - Sanctions - Rule 11
    • - Sanctions - Rule 37
    • - Service
    • - Service of Process
    • - Special Masters
    • - Summary Judgment
    • - Summary Judgment - For Nonmovant
    • - Summary Judgment - Grounds
    • - Summary Judgment - Grounds - Particular Cases
    • - Summary Judgment - Procedure
    • - Venue

    CIVIL RIGHTS

    • - Acts Violating
    • - Persons Liable
    • - Remedies and Damages

    COMMERCE

    COMMON LAW

    COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

    CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

    • - Amendment
    • - Bill of Attainder
    • - Case or Dispute
    • - Case or Dispute - Mootness
    • - Case or Dispute - Political Question
    • - Case or Dispute - Ripeness
    • - Case or Dispute - Standing
    • - Certification of Issues
    • - Chuuk
    • - Chuuk - Case or Dispute
    • - Chuuk - Case or Dispute - Mootness
    • - Chuuk - Case or Dispute - Ripeness
    • - Chuuk - Case or Dispute - Standing
    • - Chuuk - Due Process
    • - Chuuk - Equal Protection
    • - Chuuk - Impairment of Contracts
    • - Chuuk - Interpretation
    • - Chuuk - Municipalities
    • - Chuuk - Taking of Property
    • - Declaration of Rights
    • - Due Process
    • - Due Process - Notice and Hearing
    • - Due Process - Substantive
    • - Due Process - Vagueness
    • - Equal Protection
    • - Excessive Fines
    • - Ex Post Facto Laws
    • - Foreign and Interstate Commerce
    • - Freedom of Expression
    • - Fundamental Rights
    • - Imprisonment for Debt
    • - Indefinite Land Use Agreements
    • - Interpretation
    • - Interpretation - Whether Self-Executing
    • - Involuntary Servitude
    • - Judicial Guidance Clause
    • - Kosrae
    • - Kosrae - Case
    • - Kosrae - Case - Standing
    • - Kosrae - Due Process
    • - Kosrae - Due Process - Notice and Hearing
    • - Kosrae - Equal Protection
    • - Kosrae - Interpretation
    • - Kosrae - Legislative Privilege
    • - Kosrae - Taking of Property
    • - Pohnpei
    • - Pohnpei - Due Process
    • - Pohnpei - Equal Protection
    • - Pohnpei - Fundamental Rights
    • - Pohnpei - Interpretation
    • - Pohnpei - Legislative Privilege
    • - Pohnpei - Taking of Property
    • - Professional Services Clause
    • - Supremacy Clause
    • - Taking of Property
    • - Title to Land
    • - Yap
    • - Yap - Interpretation

    Contemp – Judments

    CONTEMPT

    • - Acts Constituting
    • - Civil
    • - Criminal
    • - Direct
    • - Indirect

    CONTRACTS

    • - Accord and Satisfaction
    • - Account Stated
    • - Assignment and Delegation
    • - Breach
    • - Breach - Waiver
    • - Conditions
    • - Consideration
    • - Damages
    • - Damages - Consequential
    • - Damages - Mitigation of
    • - Damages - Punitive
    • - Definite Terms
    • - Executory
    • - Formation
    • - Forum Selection Clause
    • - Guaranty
    • - Illegality
    • - Implied Contracts
    • - Indemnification
    • - Installment Contracts
    • - Interpretation
    • - Mistake and Misunderstanding
    • - Modification
    • - Necessity of Writing
    • - Novation
    • - Option Contract
    • - Parol Evidence
    • - Ratification
    • - Reformation
    • - Rescission
    • - Specific Performance
    • - Surety
    • - Third-Party Beneficiary
    • - Unconscionable
    • - Undue Influence
    • - Unilateral Contract

    COSTS

    • - Allowed
    • - Disallowed
    • - Procedure
    • - When Taxable

    COURTS

    • - Judges
    • - Judges - Judges De Facto
    • - Judges - Temporary Judges
    • - Judicial Immunity
    • - Records
    • - Recusal
    • - Recusal - Bias or Partiality
    • - Recusal - Close Relationship
    • - Recusal - Extrajudicial Knowledge
    • - Recusal - Financial Interest
    • - Recusal - Judge's Duty
    • - Recusal - Judicial Statements or Rulings
    • - Recusal - Procedure
    • - Recusal - Rule of Necessity

    CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

    • - Accessory
    • - Aggravated Assault
    • - Aiding and Abetting
    • - Arrest and Custody
    • - Assault and Battery
    • - Attempt
    • - Bill of Particulars
    • - Bribery
    • - Burglary
    • - Civil Rights Offenses
    • - Conspiracy
    • - Controlled Substances
    • - Criminal Intent
    • - Cruel and Unusual Punishment
    • - Defamation
    • - Defenses
    • - Defenses - Duress
    • - Defenses - Insanity
    • - Defenses - Intoxication
    • - Defenses - Selective Prosecution
    • - Defenses - Self-Defense
    • - Depositions
    • - Discovery
    • - Dismissal
    • - Disturbing the Peace
    • - Double Jeopardy
    • - Escape
    • - Expungement of Records
    • - Falsification
    • - Felonies
    • - Filings
    • - Finding
    • - Forgery
    • - Fraud
    • - Fugitives
    • - Homicide
    • - Human Trafficking
    • - Immunity
    • - Information
    • - Information - Amendment
    • - Information - Superseding
    • - Interrogation and Confession
    • - Joinder and Severance
    • - Jurisdiction
    • - Juvenile
    • - Kidnapping
    • - Major Crimes
    • - Malicious Mischief
    • - Misconduct in Office
    • - Misdemeanors
    • - Motions
    • - Motions - Unopposed
    • - Motions for Acquittal
    • - National Crimes
    • - New Trial
    • - Obstructing Justice
    • - Pardon
    • - Parole
    • - Pleas
    • - Pleas - Plea Agreement
    • - Pleas - Withdrawal
    • - Preliminary Hearing
    • - Prisons and Prisoners
    • - Process
    • - Prosecutors
    • - Public Trial
    • - Right to Compel Witnesses
    • - Right to Confront Witnesses
    • - Right to Counsel
    • - Right to Counsel - Ineffective Assistance
    • - Right to Counsel - Joint Representation
    • - Right to Silence
    • - Robbery
    • - Sentence
    • - Sentence - Probation
    • - Sentence - Probation - Revocation
    • - Sentence - Reduction of Sentence
    • - Service
    • - Sexual Offenses
    • - Solicitation
    • - Speedy Trial
    • - Speedy Trial - Assertion of Right
    • - Speedy Trial - Length of Delay
    • - Speedy Trial - Prejudice to Accused
    • - Speedy Trial - Reason for Delay
    • - Speedy Trial - When Right Attaches
    • - Standard of Proof
    • - Statutes of Limitation
    • - Strict Liability Crime
    • - Tampering with Public Records
    • - Theft
    • - Traffic Offenses
    • - Trespass
    • - Venue

    CUSTOM AND TRADITION

    • - Chuuk
    • - Kosrae
    • - Pohnpei
    • -Yap

    CUSTOMS

    DEBTORS' AND CREDITORS' RIGHTS

    • -Orders in Aid of Judgment
    • - Secured Transactions
    • - Setoff

    DOMESTIC RELATIONS

    • - Adoption
    • - Child Support and Custody
    • - Divorce
    • - Marriage
    • - Probate

    DOMICILE AND RESIDENCE

    ELECTIONS

    • - Conduct
    • - Contests
    • - Court Jurisdiction
    • - Recount
    • - Revote

    EMPLOYER - EMPLOYEE

    • - Employee Handbook
    • - Wrongful Discharge

    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

    EQUITY

    ESCHEAT

    EVIDENCE

    • - Admissibility
    • - Authentication
    • - Burden of Proof
    • - Expert Opinion
    • - Hearsay
    • - Judicial Notice
    • - Objections
    • - Presumptions
    • - Privileges
    • - Relevant
    • - Stipulations
    • - When Evidence Rules Apply
    • - Witnesses

    EXTRADITION

    FEDERALISM

    • - Abstention
    • - Certification to State Court
    • - National/State Power

    FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAWS

    GAMBLING

    HABEAS CORPUS

    IMMIGRATION

    INSURANCE

    • - Agents and Brokers
    • - Application for and Acceptance
    • - Claims and Benefits
    • - Coverage
    • - Credit Life Insurance
    • - Lapse and Cancellation
    • - Premiums

    INTEREST AND USURY

    INTERNATIONAL LAW

    JUDGMENTS

    • - Action on a Judgment
    • - Action on a Judgment - Foreign
    • - Alter or Amend Judgment
    • - Collateral Attack
    • - Finality of
    • - Final Judgment
    • - Interest on
    • - Payment and Satisfaction
    • - Relief from Judgment
    • - Relief from Judgment - Default Judgments
    • - Relief from Judgment - Grounds
    • - Relief from Judgment - Independent Actions
    • - Relief from Judgment - Time Limits
    • - Stipulated
    • - Void

    Jurisdiction – Weapons

    JURISDICTION

    • - Arising Under
    • - Diversity
    • - Exclusive FSM Supreme Court
    • - In Rem
    • - Pendent
    • - Personal
    • - Personal - Long-Arm
    • - Removal
    • - Subject-Matter
    • - Territorial

    MANDAMUS AND PROHIBITION

    • - Authority and Jurisdiction
    • - Nature and Scope
    • - Procedure
    • - When May Issue

    MARINE RESOURCES

    • - Exclusive Economic Zone
    • - EEZ - Regulation of
    • - EEZ - Regulation of - Acts Violating
    • - EEZ - Regulation of - Fishing Permits
    • - EEZ - Regulation of - Penalties
    • - Reef Damage
    • - State Waters

    NAMES

    NOTARIES

    PROPERTY

    • - Adverse Possession
    • - Deeds
    • - Easements
    • - Eminent Domain
    • - Gifts
    • - Improvements
    • - Land Commission or Land Court
    • - Leases
    • - Mortgages
    • - Personal
    • - Personal - Bailment
    • - Public Land
    • - Registered Land
    • - Registered Land - Transfer
    • - Tidelands

    PUBLIC CONTRACTS

    PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

    • - Chuuk
    • - Chuuk - Termination
    • - Compensation
    • - Impeachment
    • - Kosrae
    • - Kosrae - Termination
    • - Pohnpei
    • - Pohnpei - Termination
    • - Termination
    • - Yap
    • - Yap - Termination

    PUBLIC UTILITIES

    REMEDIES

    • - Election of Remedies
    • - Quantum Meruit
    • - Restitution

    SEARCH AND SEIZURE

    • - By Consent
    • - Exclusionary Rule
    • - Incident to an Arrest
    • - Inventory Search
    • - Investigatory Stop
    • - Plain View
    • - Probable Cause
    • - Traffic Stop
    • - Return of Seized Property
    • - Warrants

    SEPARATION OF POWERS

    • - Chuuk
    • - Chuuk - Executive Powers
    • - Chuuk - Judicial Powers
    • - Chuuk - Legislative Powers
    • - Executive Powers
    • - Judicial Powers
    • - Kosrae
    • - Kosrae - Executive Powers
    • - Kosrae - Judicial Powers
    • - Kosrae - Legislative Powers
    • - Legislative Powers
    • - Pohnpei
    • - Pohnpei - Executive Powers
    • - Pohnpei - Judicial Powers

    SETTLEMENT

    SIGNATURES

    SOCIAL SECURITY

    • - Claims and Benefits
    • - Taxes, Liens, and Penalties

    SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

    • - Chuuk
    • - Kosrae
    • - Pohnpei
    • - Yap

    STATUTES

    • - Amendment
    • - Construction
    • - Construction - Adoption by Reference
    • - Construction - "May" and "Shall"
    • - Presumptions
    • - Repeal

    STATUTES OF LIMITATION

    • - Accrual of Action
    • - Tolling
    • - Which Limitation Applies

    TAXATION

    • - Constitutionality
    • - License and Permit Fees
    • - Recovery of Taxes
    • - Tax Liens

    TORTS

    • - Abuse of Process
    • -Alienation of Affections
    • - Anticompetitive Practices
    • - Assault
    • - Battery
    • - Breach of Fiduciary Duty
    • - Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith
    • - Causation
    • - Comparative Negligence
    • - Conspiracy
    • - Contribution
    • - Contributory Negligence and Assumption of the Risk
    • - Conversion
    • - Damages
    • - Damages - Mitigation of
    • - Damages - Nominal
    • - Damages - Pain and Suffering
    • - Damages - Punitive
    • - Defamation
    • - Defamation Per Se
    • - Duty of Care
    • - False Arrest
    • - False Imprisonment
    • - Fraud
    • - Governmental Liability
    • - Immunity
    • - Infliction of Emotional Distress
    • - Interference with a Contractual Relationship
    • - Interference with Customary Property Rights
    • - Interference with Prospective Business Opportunity
    • - Invasion of Privacy
    • - Loss of Consortium
    • - Malicious Prosecution
    • - Negligence
    • - Negligence - Gross Negligence
    • - Negligence - Medical Malpractice
    • - Negligence - Negligence per se
    • - Negligence - Professional Malpractice
    • - Negligent Misrepresentation
    • - Nuisance
    • - Product Liability
    • - Respondeat Superior
    • - Strict Liability
    • - Trespass
    • - Trespass to Chattels
    • - Unfair Competition
    • - Use of Excessive Force
    • - Waste
    • - Wrongful Arrest
    • - Wrongful Death

    TRANSITION OF AUTHORITY

    TRANSLATION

    TREATIES

    TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT

    WEAPONS

    • - Exemptions
    • - Identification Card
    • - Importation
    • - National Government Jurisdiction
    • - Weapons Control Act