2.06 Judicial Notice

• Category: Federal - Jury Instructions - 7th Circuit - Civil
• State: Multi-State
• Control #: US-JURY-7THCIR-2-06
• Format: Word

Description

Official Pattern Jury Instructions adopted by Federal 7th Circuit Court. All converted to Word format. Please see the official site for addional information. www.ca7.uscourts.gov/pattern-jury-instructions/pattern-jury.htm Judicial notice is a legal concept that allows a court to accept certain facts as true without requiring any evidence to be presented. It is a form of legal recognition that is granted to certain facts and evidence that are so well-known and widely accepted that they do not need to be proven in court. The Federal Rules of Evidence (ARE) state that a court may take judicial notice of facts that are "not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned." There are two types of 2.06 Judicial Notice: 1. Mandatory Judicial Notice: This type of judicial notice is required by law and must be taken by the court. Mandatory judicial notice usually applies to certain facts, such as laws, regulations, and court decisions. 2. Discretionary Judicial Notice: This type of judicial notice is left to the discretion of the court. Discretionary judicial notice usually applies to facts that are outside the court’s jurisdiction, such as matters of common knowledge, scientific or technical facts, and other facts that are not subject to reasonable dispute.

Judicial notice is a legal concept that allows a court to accept certain facts as true without requiring any evidence to be presented. It is a form of legal recognition that is granted to certain facts and evidence that are so well-known and widely accepted that they do not need to be proven in court. The Federal Rules of Evidence (ARE) state that a court may take judicial notice of facts that are "not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned." There are two types of 2.06 Judicial Notice: 1. Mandatory Judicial Notice: This type of judicial notice is required by law and must be taken by the court. Mandatory judicial notice usually applies to certain facts, such as laws, regulations, and court decisions. 2. Discretionary Judicial Notice: This type of judicial notice is left to the discretion of the court. Discretionary judicial notice usually applies to facts that are outside the court’s jurisdiction, such as matters of common knowledge, scientific or technical facts, and other facts that are not subject to reasonable dispute.