Exam 2: The Court Systems

The doctrine that protects judges from suits for damages for judicial acts is called:

Because more than one court cannot have jurisdiction over the same case, federal courts have removal jurisdiction to insure that cases are moved to the proper state court.

In a business dispute involving a conflict-of-law issue, the court would apply the law from the state in which:

In most years, the Supreme Court hears and decides about 20 cases.

When a federal judge is impeached from office, the trial is heard by the Supreme Court, unless a Supreme Court judge is involved.

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. If Yoshi wants to sue the Atlanta Airport in California he will most likely have to use a long-leg statute to obtain personal jurisdiction.

If a defendant cannot be located for a summons to be delivered:

Besides having personal jurisdiction over a case, the court must also have:

Forum non conveniens (the forum is not suitable) is a doctrine used by judges to:

A state court can exercise jurisdiction over a corporation except in which of these:

The U. S. Supreme Court was created by:

Federal courts of limited or special jurisdiction include:

If a court rules in a particular case in which it is later found not to have jurisdiction:

If one of the parties to the litigation is not satisfied with a federal district court's decision, it has the right to appeal to the court of appeals for the circuit in which that district court is located. The one exception to this is:

An en banc proceeding is when:

A case involving in rem jurisdiction means a court has authority to control property such as a house, but does not include intangible property, such as stock in a company.

A person is notified that a lawsuit has been filed against them by a:

At the state level, there is always a right of review up to the supreme court level.

In international contracts, parties can specify how future disputes will be resolved, including:

Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving: