Blaw 3310: Exam I
Legislation - ✔✔Statutory law results from:
The judge - ✔✔In a jury trial questions of law are decided by:
appellate court decisions - ✔✔Common law results from:
Precedent - ✔✔Common law is based on:
The united states constitution - ✔✔The "Supreme law of the land" is:
Texas, new Mexico, and Lousiana - ✔✔Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, Inc. is a
corporation which was organized in the state of New Mexico. It also does business in
Texas and Louisiana although all of its officers and directors reside in Colorado, where
the corporation does not do business. In what states will courts have jurisdiction for the
purposes of litigation against Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, Inc.?
The first Ten Amendments - ✔✔In the United States Constitution, the bill of Rights is
found in:
Both a and b.
(a) Act as a check on legislative branch of government.
(b) act as a check on the executive branch of government - ✔✔The power of judicial
review enables the judicial branch of government to:
Federal district court - ✔✔A criminal prosecution alleging insider trading in violation of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 will be tried in
in personam jurisdiction - ✔✔A court's jurisdiction over a person is referred to as
in rem jurisdiction - ✔✔A court's jurisdiction over property is referred to as
Jurisdiction - ✔✔The power of a court to hear and decide a case is referenced as:
, original jurisdiction - ✔✔Trial courts are courts of
Both a and b.
(a) from federal courts of appeals
(b) from state courts if there is a federal question involved. - ✔✔The U.S. Supreme
Court can hear appeals
A due process issue under the Fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution - ✔✔An
example of a federal question would be
Billy Buba Hawkins, a Texas resident, plaintiff vs. XYZ Corporation, a corporation
organized in new Mexico, defendant, and ABC Corporation, a corporation organized in
Louisiana, defendant. The suit is for breach of contract where the money damages
sought are $150,000.00 - ✔✔In which of the following situations will a state trial court
and a federal trial court have concurrent jurisdiction?
an appropriate location for a trial - ✔✔Venue refers to:
constitutional due process - ✔✔Service of citation on a defendant is an example of:
Neither a nor b.
(a) is a form of pre-trial discovery.
(b) is sworn testimony before a court reporter prior to trial. - ✔✔A deposition
are a form of pre-trial discovery. - ✔✔Requests for production
Both a and b.
(a) the fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution
(b) the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution - ✔✔A due process clause is in
the jury - ✔✔In jury trial questions of fact are decide by
The common law - ✔✔Modern day rules of evidence had their beginnings in:
All of the above:
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