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Calling all HN types in East Texas: Make damn sure to show up for Jury Duty.
by noonespecial 16y ago
Calling all HN types in East Texas:
Make damn sure to show up for Jury Duty.
- dfranke 16y agoYou'll never get selected. In most any lawsuit, if you have a three figure IQ, then chances are that one lawyer or the other doesn't want you on the jury.
- noonespecial 16y agoYou'll never get selected. If you don't even show up.(1) (1) I've been on the juries of 2 civil suits and one criminal trial so far, and was the foreman once. Want sanity in the justice system? Bring it.
- jonhendry 16y agoI think each lawyer gets only a limited number of juror challenges. So a smartie might still get through.
- dctoedt 16y ago> Limited number of juror challenges That's correct if we're talking about peremptory challenges. There's no cap on the right to ask the judge to disqualify a prospective juror for cause, e.g., if s/he is related to one of the parties, is friends with one of the lawyers, etc., or otherwise has the appearance of potential partiality.
- tzs 16y agoIn the i4i vs. Microsoft patent case, in that very district, the jury foreperson had 3 college degrees (one a graduate degree), a couple other jurors had math degrees, and one had a computer science degree. The judge had a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and worked as a computer programmer and systems analyst before entering law school.
- gte910h 16y agoIncorrect, product liability and patent law both sides want educated people to understand what the hell is happening.
- dctoedt 16y ago> product liability and patent law both sides want educated people to understand what the hell is happening. Not always - if one side looks evil, the other side's lawyers might want jurors who can't understand the technology and therefore will vote based on good-guy-versus-bad-guy. Happens a fair amount.
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- Dove 16y agoMy sole experience with jury duty -- during voir dire: Prosecutor: Juror number six, slightly abstract analytical question. Me: Intelligent answer. Prosecutor: The prosecution thanks and excuses juror number six. Uh huh. I'm gonna remember that if I see you do it to someone else next time.
- LeBlanc 16y agoThe reason they want to do it in East Texas is because the patent infringement federal court in east Texas is one of a few that handles patent infringement cases very quickly. Most federal courts that handle patent infringement are very backed up and getting a verdict on a case could take years. Obviously Webvention does not want to get caught up in an expensive and long court battle. They make their money from the $80K fees not the court battles.
- tomjen3 16y agoMost people on HN would never be allowed to sit in a jury -- they tend to filter the smart people out, as the lawyers can't really manipulate them (this isn't just kneejerk, try to show up for jury duty with a big book under your arm).