Exam 2: The Court Systems

Federal trial courts are called:

Federal judges may be impeached for:

State courts of general jurisdiction:

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 law may limit the right of citizens to bring certain cases to certain courts for resolution.

State judges, unlike federal judges, are generally not appointed for life.

In Blimka v. My Web Wholesalers an Idaho resident, Blimka, ordered a large quantity of jeans from My Web, a Maine company that advertised its goods on the Internet. When a dispute arose over the quality of the jeans, Blimka sued My Web in Idaho state court. My Web contended the Idaho court did not have jurisdiction. The Idaho high court held that:

If the parties to a case are from different states, there is more than $75,000 in dispute, and federal law is involved, the case may be heard in either federal or state court.

____ involves the use of the law and the legal process to resolve disputes among individuals, businesses, and governments.

Most federal judges must be both appointed by the President and:

The power of a court over a defendant is called in personam jurisdiction.

A writ of mandamus directs a lower court to send up the record of a case for review by the Supreme Court.

Diversity of citizenship cases are:

In rem jurisdiction means that a court has the power to issue a judgment with respect to property such as a house or bank account.

A specialized court in the federal court system is the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

When a court system has two levels of appellate courts, appeal is usually a matter of right at the first level and ____ at the second level.

Proper venue refers to:

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. Yoshi may obtain personal jurisdiction over the Atlanta Airport by having the court seize a bank account the airport holds in California.

Appeals of decisions of regulatory agencies must go to the federal district court in the District of Columbia.

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: