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  • n  (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
  • n  a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
  • v  place on the docket for legal action
    Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried
  • v  make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list

  • Erin Fehlau, an enterprising young reporter for WPXT-TV in Portland, had already obtained the docket sheet and the driving records.
  • Gillers, who teaches legal and judicial ethics, is "skeptical" of a sitting judge who might "view his or her docket as material for future popular exploitation.
  • With its current term drawing to a close, the court was busy last week clearing the docket: White Will.
News & Articles

  • Public Record
    Docket
    June 12, 2013 - The Findlay Courier
  • PUC to hold hearing on Xcel's claim to Boulder County electricity customers
    The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will open a docket and hold a hearing on whether Boulder can serve customers in the unincorporated county over the objections of Xcel Energy should the city create a municipal electric utility.
    June 12, 2013 - Denver Post
  • Michael Turner resolves DUI charge with plea to reckless driving
    Free-agent running back Michael Turner has one fewer impediment to getting back in the NFL. His legal docket is now clear. According to John Manasso of FOXSportsSouth.com, Turner resolved a DUI charge from September 2012 by pleading guilty to reckless driving and speeding. The incident occurred in the hours after the Falcons defeated the Broncos…
    June 12, 2013 - NBC Sports: ProFootballTalk
Quotes

  • Michael Mukasey in Forbes
    It's easy to have a rocket docket when you have horse-and-buggy cases,Mukasey said.
  • Erwin Chemerinsky in International Herald Tribune
    I wouldn't be surprised that if a lot of what remains on the docket comes down 5-4,Chemerinsky said.
  • Chris Bowen in The Age
    Mr Bowen said the ACCC would conduct "the monitoring of developments relating to shopper-dockets as they arise, including any changes to the extent in the impact of shopper docket arrangements on competition".

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