A declaratory judgment is a legal tool that allows a court to make a statement or ruling on a legal issue or dispute without necessarily awarding damages. The Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act was enacted into law in Missouri on June 22, 1935,1 thus becoming the sixth Uniform.After the summary judgment record was complete, the trial court entered an order granting the motion for summary judgment without explanation. These rules govern the procedure for obtaining a declaratory judgment. The existence of another adequate remedy does not preclude a declaratory judgment. This document contains the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to- gether with forms, as amended to December 1, 2014. Davis's Counterclaim For Declaratory Judgment. Federal jurisdiction to render a declaratory judgment depends on the existence of a controversy in the constitutional sense. The appeal is from a declaratory judgment action. Respondent in this special action is the appellant in that action.
