MIE 305 LECTURE QUESTIONS + EXAM 1 REVIEW
1. In our system of judicial federalism, which of the following statements is
most accurate about the ability of a state or federal court to decide questions
involving the other level's law?: State courts may routinely decide federal questions and federal courts
may routinely decide state questions
2. The general police power in our constitutional system is: Exclusively held by the states
3. Wolfpack Industries, Inc. is a Raleigh-based office supply company which
wishes to file a lawsuit involving a federal question in federal court as a matter
of first impression (original jurisdiction) against the U.S. Postal Service. Wolf-
pack will file that case initially in the U.S. Court for:: The District of Eastern North Carolina
4. Which of the following is a formal written rule of the U.S. Supreme Court?: Rule
10
5. An NCSU grad student domiciled in Virginia travels weekly to Raleigh for
class. One evening in Raleigh, she is personally served with a summons and
complaint in North Carolina by a process server. Does the North Carolina
court have personal jurisdiction over her?: Yes, under 1(a) - a natural person who is physically
present in NC at the time of service
6. Injury in fact, causation and redressability by the court are the three critical
elements of: standing
7. The US Supreme Court sits en banc for oral arguments, meaning: all nine Justices
will ordinarily be present to hear the case
8. a writ of certiorari is issued by the US Supreme Court when: 4 of the 9 Justices vote to
hear the case. this is called the rule of four rule.
9. Which of the following are formal written rules of the United States Supreme
Court?: rule 10
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, 10. The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has just decided that the ap-
propriate interpretation of a federal law is X. Two weeks later, dealing with the
exact same law, the Eleventh Circuit issues a ruling that says the appropriate
interpretation is Z. What do we (and the Supreme Court) call this?: an inter-circuit
fracture
11. We have seen on this map eleven of the US Circuit Courts of Appeals' (COAs)
geographic (multistate jurisdiction). But we have discussed more Courts of
Appeals than that! Which of the following are such courts that don't appear
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1. In our system of judicial federalism, which of the following statements is
most accurate about the ability of a state or federal court to decide questions
involving the other level's law?: State courts may routinely decide federal questions and federal courts
may routinely decide state questions
2. The general police power in our constitutional system is: Exclusively held by the states
3. Wolfpack Industries, Inc. is a Raleigh-based office supply company which
wishes to file a lawsuit involving a federal question in federal court as a matter
of first impression (original jurisdiction) against the U.S. Postal Service. Wolf-
pack will file that case initially in the U.S. Court for:: The District of Eastern North Carolina
4. Which of the following is a formal written rule of the U.S. Supreme Court?: Rule
10
5. An NCSU grad student domiciled in Virginia travels weekly to Raleigh for
class. One evening in Raleigh, she is personally served with a summons and
complaint in North Carolina by a process server. Does the North Carolina
court have personal jurisdiction over her?: Yes, under 1(a) - a natural person who is physically
present in NC at the time of service
6. Injury in fact, causation and redressability by the court are the three critical
elements of: standing
7. The US Supreme Court sits en banc for oral arguments, meaning: all nine Justices
will ordinarily be present to hear the case
8. a writ of certiorari is issued by the US Supreme Court when: 4 of the 9 Justices vote to
hear the case. this is called the rule of four rule.
9. Which of the following are formal written rules of the United States Supreme
Court?: rule 10
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, 10. The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has just decided that the ap-
propriate interpretation of a federal law is X. Two weeks later, dealing with the
exact same law, the Eleventh Circuit issues a ruling that says the appropriate
interpretation is Z. What do we (and the Supreme Court) call this?: an inter-circuit
fracture
11. We have seen on this map eleven of the US Circuit Courts of Appeals' (COAs)
geographic (multistate jurisdiction). But we have discussed more Courts of
Appeals than that! Which of the following are such courts that don't appear
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