Article III – Presumptions in Civil Cases
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Article III – Presumptions in Civil Cases is a section of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence that governs how presumptions operate and are applied in federal civil litigation.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
evidence rule
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provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence → |
| appliesTo |
civil cases in United States federal courts
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presumptions created by federal common law in civil cases → presumptions created by federal statute in civil cases → |
| authority |
rules promulgated under the Rules Enabling Act
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| basedOn |
common law principles of presumptions
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| concerns |
allocation of burdens between parties in civil litigation
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effect of establishing basic facts that give rise to presumptions → |
| distinguishedFrom |
Article II – Judicial Notice
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Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits → |
| doesNotApplyTo |
criminal cases
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state court proceedings unless incorporated by rule or statute → |
| enforcedBy |
federal trial courts
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| governs |
effect of presumptions on the burden of production in civil cases
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effect of presumptions on the burden of proof in civil cases → operation of presumptions in federal civil litigation → |
| hasCitationForm |
Fed. R. Evid. art. III
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| hasEffect |
may influence how fact finders evaluate evidence in civil cases
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shifts burden of production when conditions for a presumption are met → |
| hasLanguage |
English
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| hasPurpose |
to clarify the effect of presumptions on burdens in civil trials
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to standardize how presumptions are applied in federal civil actions → |
| interpretedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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United States Courts of Appeals → |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal courts
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| legalDomain |
civil procedure
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evidence law → |
| legalSystem |
United States law
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| partOf |
Federal Rules of Evidence
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| relatedTo |
burden of persuasion
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burden of production → inferences and evidentiary presumptions → |
| sourceOfLaw |
federal procedural law
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| usedBy |
civil litigators in federal court
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federal judges in civil trials → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Federal Rules of Evidence
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containsArticle |
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Article III – Presumptions in Civil Cases
("Fed. R. Evid. art. III")
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