Exam 4: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Norwest Trucking Corporation files a suit in a state court against Bob's Service Company (BSC), and wins. BSC appeals the court's decision, asserting that the evidence presented at trial to support Norwest's claim was so scanty that no reasonable jury could have found for the plaintiff. Therefore, argues BSC, the appellate court should reverse the trial court's decision. Is the appellate court likely to reverse the trial court's findings with respect to the facts? Why or why not? What are an appellate court's options after reviewing a case?

Negotiation requires the use of a neutral third party to facilitate a settlement.

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

Fresh Seafood Inc. and Grocers Market LLC dispute a term in their contract. Because the parties have a long-standing business relationship that they would like to continue, they could settle their dispute through mediation because

With respect to international dispute resolution, a domestic court may enforce a foreign court's decision for any of the following reasons except

State trial courts that are called special inferior trial courts or minor judiciary courts are most likely to have

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

Jill and Kane, with their attorneys, meet to try to resolve a dispute. A neutral third party works with both sides and proposes a solution, but does not make a decision resolving the matter. This is

Large corporations that do business in many states are now automatically subject to jurisdiction in all of them.

Multinational corporations agreeing to resolve a dispute through a formal hearing before a panel of experts is a method of alternative dispute resolution.

A challenge to the constitutionality of an executive order that limits certain state actions is

A choice-of-law clause permits a party to choose which nation's law to apply to a dispute arising under an international contract.

A corporation's compliance with the laws of any jurisdiction in which it does business is complicated by the fact that those laws can be very different.

In a case based on diversity of citizenship, a court will apply

Kari and Lillian, who are citizens of Mississippi, are involved in a case related to the adoption of their child. Over this case, Mississippi state courts have

Ty, a citizen of Utah, files a suit in a Utah state court against Vancouver Sales Corporation, a Washington state company that does business in Utah. The court has original jurisdiction, which means that

Because the Internet is international in scope, no party to an online dispute resolution proceeding can appeal to a court at any time.

Parties to international business transactions should include certain clauses, including arbitration clauses, in their contracts to avoid added complexity in related legal proceedings.

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.

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