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An agreed case is a procedure that can be used in rare situations in which the parties to a lawsuit agree on the facts and disagree on the relevant law as applied to the facts. In such a case the parties stipulate to the facts, file a narrative statement of the agreed facts, and submit the case to the court for a ruling.

If a case submitted on an agreed statement of facts is appealed, the narrative statement of facts stipulated to by the parties is filed with the appellate court (often the court of appeals) rather than the trial court record (a transcript of the trial that includes witness testimony and documents admitted in evidence).

In California, an agreed case, also known as a case submitted on an agreed statement of facts, is a legal procedure where all parties involved in a lawsuit concur on the factual aspects of the case but hold differing views on the legal implications of those facts. This process allows the parties to bypass the need for a trial to establish the facts and instead directly seek a judicial ruling on the legal issues. The parties prepare a joint narrative statement detailing the facts they have agreed upon and submit this to the court. When such a case is appealed, the agreed statement of facts is presented to the appellate court, which may be the California Court of Appeal, in lieu of the trial court record. This agreed statement serves as the factual basis for the appellate court's review of the legal questions presented.

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