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Short cause

If the parties to a legal case anticipate that it will not take up a significant amount of time, they may apply for the court to designate it as a short cause. Cases on the "short cause" calendar will get priority since they will not tie up a courtroom for a long time.

The time permitted for a short cause varies from one court to another, but usually will not exceed one day. Other traits include, e.g., usually no jury is used.

If a "short cause" lasts beyond its designated time limit, the judge may declare a mistrial and reset the case to be held later as a "long cause."

California

California's Rules of Court provide: Rule 3.735. Management of short cause cases :(a) Short cause case defined

::(Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) :(b) Exemption for short cause case and setting of case for trial ::The court may order, upon the stipulation of all parties or the court's own motion, that a case is a short cause case exempted from the requirements of case management review and set the case for trial. :(c) Mistrial ::If a short cause case is not completely tried within five hours, the judge may declare a mistrial or, in the judge's discretion, may complete the trial. In the event of a mistrial, the case will be treated as a long cause case and must promptly be set either for a new trial or for a case management conference. Rule 3.735 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 214 effective July 1, 2002. ## References ## References 1. (2005). "West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Vol. 9". *Thomson/Gale*. 2. ["Rule 3.735. Management of short cause cases"](https://www.courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index.cfm?title=three&linkid=rule3_735). *California Courts*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_cause) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_cause?action=history). ::

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