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Judges and Judiciary,
Government,
Criminal,
Civil Litigation

May 20, 2020

Civil trials may not resume until 2021 in many counties, judges say

While superior courts across the state have resumed civil law and motion and other pretrial hearings in recent days, or are preparing to do so next month, judges say the few trials that will start to take place next month will mostly be criminal cases due to the COVID-19 virus.

It may be a long time before most civil trials resume in California.

While superior courts across the state have resumed civil law and motion and other pretrial hearings in recent days, or are preparing to do so next month, judges say the few trials that will start next month will mostly be criminal cases.

Santa Clara County Superior Court resumed civil law and motion and discovery hearings Tuesday,...

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