Exam 2: The Court Systems

In Erie v. Tompkins, where Tompkins was hit by a New York train in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court held that federal common law, as first announced in Swift v. Tyson, was to be abandoned in favor of state common law.

In Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, where Tompkins sued a New York company that owned a train that hit him in Pennsylvania:

Most cases involving questions of federal law originate in:

Although it has nationwide jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit primarily hears appeals from the district courts involving:

State courts may never have jurisdiction in which of the following situations?

State courts may clearly exercise jurisdiction over a corporation except in which case:

The purpose of allowing federal jurisdiction when a dispute arises between citizens of different states is:

Conflict-of-law problems may arise when:

A suit involving a dispute for $1 million over a contract signed in California, for business to be done in California, under California law, with parties from two different states could only be tried in California courts.

A person files a lawsuit. To get the defendant before the court in which suit has been filed, the court must have power over the person of the defendant. This is called:

A court has jurisdiction over a business defendant if the business has a web site that can be accessed in the state in which suit was filed.

State court systems:

When a federal court has exclusive jurisdiction over a matter:

Fact Pattern 2-1 Yoshi, a Japanese citizen working in Atlanta for his Tokyo firm, decided to rent an airplane and fly himself to the Annual Catfish and Zydeco festival in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He rented a small plane to fly there. Over Alabama, thunderstorms formed. Because Yoshi was not trained to fly by instruments, he decided to land at the next airport. As he searched for a runway, Yoshi heard a loud clank followed by silence as the engine died. He tried to land in a field but crashed. While recovering in a rehabilitation center in California, Yoshi filed suit there against the Atlanta Airport and the owners of the airplane, alleging that they were negligent in their maintenance. -Refer to Fact Pattern 2-1. For a California court to have jurisdiction to hear this case it must have jurisdiction over the:

Most federal judges are:

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure govern:

Right of removal allows:

Requirements on the amount in controversy or restrictions on the legal area a court can hear fall under the category of:

U.S. district courts:

Service of process is usually achieved by: