Raymond Lloyd Co. V. District Court For Twentieth Judicial District

In these two original proceedings the petitioners, Raymond Lloyd Company and Jason Wexler, by his parents Paula Wexler and Jack Wexler, challenge the authority of the District Court for the Twentieth Judicial District (the District Court) to establish by administrative order a procedure imposing minimum fines on parties to civil actions who settle their disputes after trial dates have been set. The cases have been consolidated for purposes of decision because they raise almost identical issues. We conclude that the portions of the administrative order under which the fines were imposed are invalid and, therefore, make absolute the rules to show cause previously issued herein.