Talk:Legal case

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I see this : A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process. A legal case may be either civil or criminal.
 * in the articles, but I have heard of some admin code procedings as quazi criminal. Can anyone comment?

Hey, there are different ways that legal cases are handled around the world. this article may need to be changed to "US legal cases" or have "US" written throughout the article.Travb 02:09, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I just read the last paragraph, looks ok, I deleted the globilize template.Travb 02:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

captioning, OR the changing face of court case names
So, why do court cases change their names? Hollingsworth v. Perry, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Perry v. Brown are all names for THE SAME CASE, am i right? I would appreciate knowing why the plaintiff and defendant (or respondent or petitioner) sometimes change names, or swap places. Mang (talk) 00:32, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * There were multiple cases which were joined, all against the same person, Perry. The order of names is flipped when there is an appeal. Steepleman (t) 12:46, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Inaccuracy
It is inaccurate to refer to 'legal cases' as if they only occur between opposing parties. For example, divorce proceedings can often be brought by both spouses together. Many family law proceedings occur like this. Furthermore, the terms 'plaintiff' and 'defendant' are not used universally. In English law, the parties may also be known as the 'demandant' and 'tenant', and 'applicant' and 'respondent' or the 'claimant' and 'defendant'. I think this article should be clearly marked as being applicable only in a general sense to the US and tentatively, to other common law jurisdictions, but further discussion is needed. Steepleman (t) 12:43, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Added to the lede. bd2412  T 12:47, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Merge proposal
Following up on a discussion at WT:LAW, I propose merging Legal case into Legal proceeding. There doesn't appear to be a consistent distinction between the two concepts, so it would be preferable to centralize our coverage in a single broad-concept article. -- Visviva (talk) 00:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Noting that the specific discussion is at WT:LAW. Klbrain (talk) 07:50, 16 June 2024 (UTC)