Exam 4: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Franco files a suit in a federal district court against Greta. Franco loses the suit, appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and loses again. Franco asks the United States Supreme Court to hear the case. The Court is

Most states encourage or require parties to undertake a trial before alternative dispute resolution.

Doing business within a jurisdiction is not enough for most courts to compel a defendant to appear.

In a case based on diversity of citizenship, a federal court will apply to the dispute the law of all of the jurisdictions of the parties.

Maris files a suit against Ngu in a state court over an employment contract. The case proceeds to trial, after which the court renders a verdict. The case is appealed to the state's highest court. After that court's review of Maris v. Ngu, a party can appeal the decision to the United States Supreme Court if

Because the Internet is international in scope, it raises international jurisdictional issues.

Judicial review is the process through which Congress approves or rejects judicial appointments.

The United States Supreme Court has held that a mandatory arbitration clause in an employment contract is generally enforceable because in agreeing to the clause, the parties waived

The federal courts are an independent system of courts superior to the state courts.

Laws would have no discernible meaning without the courts to interpret them.

Only the United States Supreme Court exercises the power of judicial review.

The amount of business a corporation does within a state can serve to subject or exempt the firm from that state's jurisdiction.