Exam 3: The Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

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

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

Inferior Company,which is based on South Carolina,makes and sells prod?ucts that are poorly made.Jack,who is a resident of North Carolina,buys an Inferior product and suffers an injury through its use.The diversity of citi?zenship between these parties means that

In Kettle Cafe's suit against Food Services,Inc.,the court issues a judgment in Kettle's favor.The judgment can be appealed to an appropriate court of appeals by

If a party refuses to cooperate with a discovery request, the court can compel the party to comply with the requests by a certain date.

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

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

American courts follow the adversary system of justice.

Drummond wants to make a federal case out of his dispute with Elena.Federal cases originate in

U.S.district courts have original jurisdiction in federal matters.

Megan,a resident of Ohio,runs a red light in Texas and hits Sarah,a Texas resident.Sarah files suit against Megan.The statute that allows the Texas court to exercise jurisdiction over Megan is called a(n)

Martha brings a suit against SafeCars,Inc.claiming that she was injured during a car crash due to defects in the car she had purchased from SafeCars.There is no evidence that Martha was injured in the accident,but the trial court awards her $1 million in damages.SafeCars appeals the decision.The appellate court will most likely

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?

State courts cannot have exclusive jurisdiction.

A state court can exercise jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant,but the defendant must have

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

Generally,a state court's power is limited to the territorial boundaries of the state in which it is located and the immediately adjacent states.

Discount Mart,Inc.,files a suit in a state court against Elements Computer Corporation,alleging that Elements breached a contract to sell 500 notebook computers to Discount.During the course of the suit,Discount files a motion for judgment on the pleadings,Elements files a motion for a directed verdict,and both parties file motions for summary judgment.When and for what pur?pose are each of these motions made?

Ben files a suit in a federal district court against Cathy.Cathy loses the suit,appeals to the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,and loses again.Cathy asks the United States Supreme Court to hear the case.The Court agrees to hear the case.This means that

Elinor sells Cathy a horse for $2,000.When Elinor goes to the bank to deposit Cathy's check,the check bounces.Elinor is furious and files suit against Cathy.Elinor probably filed her suit in