Talk:Stay of proceedings

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The U.S. Code reference is almost entirely irrelevant to the vast body of stays in civil proceedings. What's the rule for citing Black's on Wikipedia? "The postponement or halting of a proceeding, judgment, or the like. An order to suspend all or part of a judicial proceeding or a judgment resulting from that proceeding." Black's 8th ed, 1453. Functionally, the stay depends on what is going on. You can pause part of a process but not block everything (e.g. you can stay discovery or you can stay pleadings but not discovery). Alphachimera (talk) 20:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]