Exam 1: Introduction to Law

Melissa filed a lawsuit against Platinum Auto,an auto body shop,for the sloppy paint job it did on her 2004 car.Once the lawsuit was filed with the appropriate clerk of court,Melissa personally dropped a copy of the lawsuit in the mail.Platinum Auto says it never received notice of the lawsuit.Local court rules require that a lawsuit be served by an independent process server or by the sheriff's department.Is this an example of substantive law or procedural law? Explain the difference.

If Jack sues Leslie for negligently hitting his car while parking hers in a public parking ramp,it is a matter of public law.

Common law is a body of cases decided by courts.

Sandra sued her employer,Cape Inc.,claiming that she was sexually harassed on the job.This is a criminal lawsuit.

A case citation that reads: Kuehn v.Pub Zone,364 N.J.Super.301 (2003)indicates that the case may be found in the 364th volume of the New Jersey Superior Court reporter,starting at page 301.

Explain the origins of equity and its place in contemporary American law.

Identify and discuss the primary sources of contemporary U.S.law.

A rule that establishes how a juror may be refused is a rule of:

Which of the following would be an example of a civil lawsuit?

The statement that whatever the sovereign declares to be the law is the law,whether it is right or wrong,is an example of legal realism.

At Nick's request,a court issued an injunction to prevent Heather from publishing a book he claims is defamatory.This is an equitable remedy.

The Constitution ensures that the states retain all power not given to the national government.

Hasbro,Inc.,the trademark owner of "Candy Land," sought a court injunction to stop Internet Entertainment Group,LTD from using the domain name,"candyland.com." Internet Entertainment Group had established a sexually explicit site at the domain name.An injunction can only be issued by:

President Nixon issued wage-price controls in an effort to stabilize the economy.This use of executive power was:

Congress has the sole responsibility for creating statutory law.

An executive order may be issued by Congress.

In 1992,the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in a case entitled Goodman v.Wenco Foods,Inc.,that when a substance in food causes injury to a consumer of the food,it is not a bar to recovery against the seller that the substance was natural to the food.If,in a 2008 case involving a consumer's injury caused by a fish bone in a bowl of fish chowder,the court followed the decision in Goodman v.Wenco Foods,Inc.,the court's action in the second case is an example of:

The Governor of Minnesota is part of the state's:

Curtis filed a lawsuit against Ulhoff for failure to repay $1,000 according to the terms of a promissory note.The trial ended before it began,with the trial judge granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of Curtis.Ulhoff has appealed,and the Supreme Court of Iowa has remanded the case.This means:

Henry David Thoreau felt that war was unjust and therefore refused to pay his taxes when the United States declared war on Mexico.Thoreau felt that there was a higher law than the law of the land.Which theory of jurisprudence was he applying?