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Kennedy v. Southern California Edison Co.
On this class day, we consider various ways that judges control juries or overrule juries. We also briefly consider how judges find facts.
Jury instructions are one way judges control, or attempt to control, juries. Toward the end of a trial, the parties submit a copy of their proposed jury instructions to the judge. The parties can object to each other's submissions. The judge compiles the final instructions and reads them to the jury upon the close of all of the evidence, after the parties' closing arguments.
The next case concerns aspects of the jury instruction practice.
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