Standard of Review & “Facts” on

Appeal

Trial Court Grants 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss

• What is the standard for the trial court to grant the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Grants 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss

• In reviewing a motion to dismiss, the court

• accepts all the facts pleaded in the complaint as true and

• views those allegations in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.

Trial Court Grants Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

• What is the standard for the trial court to grant the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Grants Motion for Summary Judgment

• What is the standard for the trial court to grant the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Grants Directed Verdict (or JNOV)

• What is the standard for the trial court to grant the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Refuses to Grant Directed Verdict (or JNOV)

What does the appellate court review when the

verdict loser challenges the sufficiency of the

evidence?

• What is the standard for the trial court to deny the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Overrules Objection to a Jury Instruction

• What is the standard for the trial court to overrule the objection?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Grants Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject

Matter Jurisdiction

• What is the standard for the trial court to grant the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?

Trial Court Grants Motion to Dismiss for Lack of

Personal Jurisdiction

• What is the standard for the trial court to grant the motion?

• What is the standard of review for the appellate court?

• What “facts” must the appellate court assume to be true in applying that standard?