State ex rel. Betty Grooms, Relator v. The Honorable Steven A. Privette

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• explaining that the distinc- tion between legal and equitable relief hinges on the nature of the relief requested, with monetary damages being legal and remedies requiring judicial discretion being equitable
• explaining that the distinc- tion between legal and equitable relief hinges on the nature of the relief requested, with monetary damages being legal and remedies requiring judicial discretion being equitable
• “When consent of the court is required, the court retains discretion to deny the motion.”
• stability and consistency are critical aspects of common-law decision-making; court’s decision comported with that standard because the changes it made to the common law were “marginal, incremental, and clearly foreshadowed by our prior decisions”

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