Exam 3: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

The courts can decide whether the other branches of government have acted within the scope of their constitutional authority.

Ula wants to initiate a suit against Valley Farms by filing a complaint.The complaint should include

To have standing to sue,a party must have been harmed or have been threatened with harm by the action about which he or she complains.

Olsen Grocery Company files a suit against Pickle Products,Inc.Pickle responds that even if Olsen's statement of the facts is true,according to the law Pickle is not liable.This is

A summary judgment is granted only if there is no genuine question of law.

A counterclaim is raised by a plaintiff against a defendant's response to a complaint.

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 purpose are each of these motions made

The function of the courts is to interpret and apply the law.

Negotiation is the most complex form of alternative dispute resolution.

Sam,a citizen of New Mexico,wants to file a suit against Tanya,a citizen of Texas.Their diversity of citizenship may be a basis for

Jim files a suit against Kay.Before going to trial,the parties meet,with their attorneys to represent them,to present their dispute to a third party who is not a judge but who renders a legally binding decision.This is

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 exercise jurisdiction,the issue is whether Lara,through her ad,has