Exam 2: The Court Systems

In the Missouri System for choosing state judges:

Every state court system has trial courts where disputes are initially brought and tried. These are the courts of:

State courts often have jurisdiction to hear federal question cases. An exception to this rule exists when the:

The Supreme Court:

Jane wants to sue Bob in a Virginia state court. Bob is a resident of Texas. Which of the following method may Jane use to get jurisdiction over the person of Bob?

State court systems are all, by constitutional law, like the federal system, with trial courts, courts of appeal, and a supreme court.

Federal judges are appointed for:

Courts of general jurisdiction are appellate courts with authority to hear all appeals from lower, more specialized, courts.

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

There are ____ federal districts in the court system.

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:

Sometimes, in the U.S. courts of appeals, all the active judges in a circuit will hear a case. This is called:

Litigants not satisfied with the decision of a court of limited jurisdiction may:

The U.S. Supreme Court must accept appeals from state supreme courts when there is a conflict of laws between two or more states.

A court of limited or special jurisdiction would most likely be:

In Erie Railroad v. Tompkins, where Tompkins was hit by a New York train while in Pennsylvania, regarding the application of common law in a diversity of citizenship case in federal district court, the Supreme Court decided that:

Municipal courts usually:

A court can exercise jurisdiction over a corporate defendant if the court is located in the state in which the corporation has "visible advertising."

Juries are used in state courts, but not in federal court.

Most federal judges are: