Bell v. Todd

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “reviewing courts have consistently held that trial courts err when they proceed to adjudicate the merits of the claim without first addressing the prisoner’s pending motion or motions.”
• “[W]e must decline to consider arguments that were not presented to the court below and that are being raised for the first time on appeal.”
• “With the exception of certain proceedings involving the termination of parental rights, it is now well-settled that there is no absolute right to counsel in a civil trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).