Exam 2: The Court Systems

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were developed by an advisory committee appointed by:

An Idaho resident bought a large quantity of jeans over the Internet from a Maine company. When a dispute over the quality of the product arose, the Idaho resident sued the Maine company in Idaho state court. When the Maine company protested, the supreme court of Idaho, in Blimka v. My Web Wholesalers, held that the buyer:

State judges:

Both state and federal court systems have courts of ____, where the decisions of a lower court case can be taken for review.

When a dispute brought in a state court involves incidents that occurred in more than one state, what problem may arise?

Rhode Island is unique in that it allows its state judges to:

Hartsoe filed suit in federal and state courts contending violations of his constitutional rights by a Montana state judge. When appeals courts at the state and federal level reviewed his case, both courts held that:

If three Supreme Court justices agree to review a case:

A court can exercise jurisdiction over a corporate defendant if the court is located in the state in which the corporation is incorporated.

As the Supreme Court has explained, for a state to have jurisdiction over an out-of-state business there must exist:

Concurrent jurisdiction means both a state court and a federal court may have the power to hear a case.

Most cases involving questions of federal law originate in:

Small claims courts:

Like most European countries, France is:

Like the federal court system, state courts have a system of appellate courts and courts of original jurisdiction.

In this situation, which court system has jurisdiction? The plaintiff lives in State A; the defendant lives in State B; the dispute over $35,000 involves a matter of state law:

In the federal and state systems, the only courts with general jurisdiction are the U.S. and state supreme courts.

Some states require that no matter what the dispute, all cases must be tried under the law of that state. No conflict-of-law tests will be applied.

The French court system:

If a federal judge is impeached from office: