Exam 2: Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -Alternative dispute resolution refers to any method for resolving a dispute outside the court system.

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -Most online dispute resolution services apply general, universal legal principles to resolve disputes.

Molly files a suit against Nick. They meet, and each party's at?torney ar?gues the party's case before a judge and jury. The jury presents an advi?sory verdict, after which the judge meets with the parties to en?courage them to settle their dispute. This is

Kit loses her suit against Lou in a Minnesota state trial court. Kit appeals to the state court of appeals and loses again. Kit would appeal next to

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -For purposes of diversity of citizenship, a corporation is a citizen only of the state in which it is incorporated.

Edie files a suit against Frank. If this suit is like most cases, it will be

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

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -Mediation is adversarial in nature.

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -A state court cannot exercise jurisdiction over property located within the state's boundaries regardless of the property owners' location.

Jen files a suit against Kyle. 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

Mary wins her suit against National Manufacturing Company. National's best ground for appeal is the trial court's interpretation of

Liu files a suit against Macro Sales, Inc., in a New Jersey state court based on a Web site through which New Jersey residents can do business with Macro. The court will most likely exercise jurisdiction over Macro if the interactivity of the site is seen as

Sam, a citizen of Tennessee, files a suit in a Tennessee state court against United Sales Corporation, a Wyoming company that does business in Tennessee. The court has original jurisdiction, which means that

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -A justiciable controversy is a case in which the court's decision-the "jus?tice" that will be served-will be controversial.

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -The United States Supreme Court can review a decision by a state's high?est court only if a question of federal law is involved.

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -The jurisdiction of state courts of appeals is substantially limited to hear?ing appeals.

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -The executive branch is the final authority concerning the constitutionality of a law.

Miles files a suit against Nina. At the trial, each party's attorney pre?sents the party's case before a judge who hears the dispute and renders a le?gally binding decision. This is

Fact Pattern 3-B2 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. -To have standing to sue, a party must have been injured or have been threatened with injury by the action about which he or she is complaining.

Milo files a suit against Nik in an Ohio state court, noting that Nik op?erates a Web site through which Ohio residents have done substan?tial business with him. The court is most likely to exercise jurisdiction over Nik if Milo's claim arises from