If "natural persons" can't be excluded from the court room.. Forum

[Total Litigator]

under FRE 615, then who the hell can be? My understanding is that a natural person is a person, which is a pretty f'ing huge category of people.

If natural persons can't be excluded from the court room, then I am very confused as to whom FRE 615 is supposed to apply to... I think FRE 615 must be going right over my head and I am totally missing the point.

Any one know how to properly interpret and apply FRE 615? I'm studying for the bar and help would be much appreciated.

[harborleaguemvp]

I briefly looked at this for some odd reason, I must be bored. But I am pretty sure this means that the court will not exclude a natural person if he is a party to the case. They can exclude a natural person if he is a non-party. So if a witness is sitting in the courtroom waiting for his turn to testify, the court may order him to sit in the hallway until it is his turn. I may be completely wrong, but its my two cents.

[Total Litigator]

No you're right... I'm an idiot.

I missed the "PARTY who is a natural person part"

lol, I thought the rule just said that you can't exclude natural persons from the courtroom, and that just sounded way to broad lololol


Well it looks like I've outed myself as an idiot. *Facepalm*

For posterity's sake, I won't delete my original post.

[ben4847]

under FRE 615, then who the hell can be? My understanding is that a natural person is a person, which is a pretty f'ing huge category of people.

If natural persons can't be excluded from the court room, then I am very confused as to whom FRE 615 is supposed to apply to... I think FRE 615 must be going right over my head and I am totally missing the point.

Any one know how to properly interpret and apply FRE 615? I'm studying for the bar and help would be much appreciated.

Corporations.

[Total Litigator]

Rule 615. Excluding Witnesses




FRE Rule 615, in its entirety, states:

At a party’s request, the court must order witnesses excluded so that they cannot hear other witnesses’ testimony. Or the court may do so on its own. But this rule does not authorize excluding:

(a) a party who is a natural person;

(b) an officer or employee of a party that is not a natural person, after being designated as the party’s representative by its attorney;

(c) a person whose presence a party shows to be essential to presenting the party’s claim or defense; or

(d) a person authorized by statute to be present.

[Perseus_I]

It would exclude corporations.

Unless Mitt Romney is the presiding judge.

[20130312]

It would exclude corporations.

Unless Mitt Romney is the presiding judge.

[Tanicius]

It would exclude corporations.

Unless Mitt Romney is the presiding judge.

6.15(b) yo.