Exam 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

A default judgment is a judgment entered against the party who brought the claim before the court.

State courts cannot have exclusive jurisdiction.

Carol files a suit against Andy in a state trial court and loses.Carol

Jack and Jill,citizens of Vermont,are involved in a case related to the adoption of their child.Over this case,the Vermont state courts have

To resolve a dispute,Amy in Boston and Chris in Denver utilize E-Solution,an online dispute resolution (ODR)service.This limits these parties' recourse to the courts

ADR proceedings are always strictly regulated by federal statutes.

The amount in controversy in a diversity of citizenship case must be more than $1 million before a federal court can take jurisdiction.

A motion for a directed verdict is also known as a motion for judgment as a matter of law.

A court's review of an arbitrator's award may be restricted.

Fact Pattern 2-1 Bean Vendors,Inc.,and Java Bistros Corporation dispute a term in their contract. -Refer to Fact Pattern 2-1.If Bean and Java resolve their dispute by having a neutral third party render a binding decision,they will have used the method of

Interrogatories are written questions for which written answers are prepared and signed under oath.

Solar Power,Inc.,files a suit against Thunder Bay Utility Company and seeks to examine electronic documents in Thunder's possession.A legitimate reason for this examination is that the documents contain

A state court can exercise jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant who does business in the state only over the Internet.

Kelly files a suit against Lewis in a state court.The case proceeds to trial,after which the court renders a verdict.The case is appealed to an appellate court.After its review of Kelly v.Lewis,the appellate court upholds the lower court's verdict.The appellate court has

The Arizona Supreme Court rules against Jennifer in a case against Kut Rate Stores,Inc.Jennifer wants to appeal her case to the United States Supreme Court.She must ask the Court to issue a writ of

The verdict in a summary jury trial is binding.

Any relevant material,except information stored electronically,can be the object of a discovery request.

David,an Alabama resident,files a suit in an Alabama court against QuickAds,an Internet company based in Georgia that provides advertising services.QuickAds's only contact with persons in Alabama has been through QuickAds's passive advertising.In this case,the Alabama court most likely

Jo files a suit against Lara in a Missouri state court.Lara's only connection to Missouri is an ad on the Web originating in Nebraska.For Missouri to ex-ercise jurisdiction,the issue is whether Lara,through her ad,has

Norwest Trucking Corporation files a suit in a state court against Bob's Service Company (BSC),and wins.BSC appeals the court's decision,as-sert-ing that the evidence presented at trial to support Norwest's claim was so scanty that no reasonable jury could have found for the plaintiff.There-fore,argues BSC,the appellate court should reverse the trial court's de-ci-sion.Is the appellate court likely to reverse the trial court's findings with re-spect to the facts? If not,why not? What are an appellate court's options after re-viewing a case?