BLAW 341 EXAM 1 2026 EXAM PREPARATION
PACK KEY LEGAL CONCEPTS CONTRACT
LAW AND TORTS WITH SAMPLE QUESTIONS
◉ Plaintiffs Answer: Injured party initiating the lawsuit
◉ Defendants Answer: Alleged caused injury
◉ Injunction Answer: Court telling one party to do something or
NOT to do something ex: Courts telling one party to transfer
ownership of something, stop infringing on copyright, stop
trespassing, ect
◉ You have to classify between legal and equitable remedies: how
do you do that? Answer: You can only file for equitable remedies
(injunction) if you can prove that the legal remedies (money or
property) are NOT appropriate
◉ What are the four classifications of law? Answer: 1. Substantive
Law
2. Procedural Law
3. Civil Law
4. Criminal Law
,◉ Substantive Law Answer: All laws that define, describe, regulate,
and create legal rights and obligations ex: Assistance of Counsel
Clause of the Sixth Amendment
◉ Procedural Law - def and where is it seen mostly? Answer: All the
laws that establish the methods of enforcing the rights established
by substantive law ex: Motion for new trial based upon ineffective
assistance of counsel
1. The methodology that enforces substantive law
2. Seen mostly in death cases
◉ Civil Law - def
1. Are there more cases on civil or criminal?
2. Codified laws - def
3. Spells out what?
4. What is object?
5. Focuses on what? Answer: System of law derived from Roman law
that is based on codified laws
1. More cases on civil than criminal
2. Codified laws: Laws that originate from one jurisdiction and is
applied to other areas
3. Spells out the rights and duties that exist between persons and
between persons and their governments
,4. Object is to obtain a remedy to compensate injured party
5. Focuses on small interpersonal relationships
◉ Criminal Law - def
1. Concerned with?
2. What is object?
3. Can civil and criminal overlap? Answer: Branch of law that defines
and punishes wrongful actions committed against the public
1. Concerned with wrongs committed against society for which
society demands redress (harms against society)
2. Object is to punish wrongdoer, and deter others from wrong doing
3. Civil and criminal can overlap ex: Company contaminates ground
water. Becomes criminal law if the company knew about it.
◉ Federal Courts Answer: Derive their authority from Article III of
the US Constitution. Independent systems of courts (not superior to
state courts).
◉ The Federal Courts are a three-tiered model consisting of? (3)
Answer: 1. US Supreme Court (highest appellate court)
2. US Courts of Appeals
3. US District Courts
, ◉ US Supreme Court (highest appellate court)
1. __ justices
2. What's it review power?
3. Appeals to the Supreme Court (_________)
4. Petitions Granted by the Court (_________) Answer: 1. 9 justices
2. May review any case decided by any of the federal courts of
appeals, and has appellate authority over some cases decided in
state courts
3. Appeals to the Supreme Court (Writ of Certiorari)
4. Petitions Granted by the Court (Important constitutional issues or
circuit splits)
◉ US Court of Appeals
1. ____ US Courts of Appeals (AKA ______)
2. Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Circuit is called the ____________
Answer: 1. 13 US Courts of Appeals (AKA Circuit Courts)
2. Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Circuit is called the Federal
Circuit
◉ US District Courts
1. Equivalent of ________________
2. Where _______ happens
PACK KEY LEGAL CONCEPTS CONTRACT
LAW AND TORTS WITH SAMPLE QUESTIONS
◉ Plaintiffs Answer: Injured party initiating the lawsuit
◉ Defendants Answer: Alleged caused injury
◉ Injunction Answer: Court telling one party to do something or
NOT to do something ex: Courts telling one party to transfer
ownership of something, stop infringing on copyright, stop
trespassing, ect
◉ You have to classify between legal and equitable remedies: how
do you do that? Answer: You can only file for equitable remedies
(injunction) if you can prove that the legal remedies (money or
property) are NOT appropriate
◉ What are the four classifications of law? Answer: 1. Substantive
Law
2. Procedural Law
3. Civil Law
4. Criminal Law
,◉ Substantive Law Answer: All laws that define, describe, regulate,
and create legal rights and obligations ex: Assistance of Counsel
Clause of the Sixth Amendment
◉ Procedural Law - def and where is it seen mostly? Answer: All the
laws that establish the methods of enforcing the rights established
by substantive law ex: Motion for new trial based upon ineffective
assistance of counsel
1. The methodology that enforces substantive law
2. Seen mostly in death cases
◉ Civil Law - def
1. Are there more cases on civil or criminal?
2. Codified laws - def
3. Spells out what?
4. What is object?
5. Focuses on what? Answer: System of law derived from Roman law
that is based on codified laws
1. More cases on civil than criminal
2. Codified laws: Laws that originate from one jurisdiction and is
applied to other areas
3. Spells out the rights and duties that exist between persons and
between persons and their governments
,4. Object is to obtain a remedy to compensate injured party
5. Focuses on small interpersonal relationships
◉ Criminal Law - def
1. Concerned with?
2. What is object?
3. Can civil and criminal overlap? Answer: Branch of law that defines
and punishes wrongful actions committed against the public
1. Concerned with wrongs committed against society for which
society demands redress (harms against society)
2. Object is to punish wrongdoer, and deter others from wrong doing
3. Civil and criminal can overlap ex: Company contaminates ground
water. Becomes criminal law if the company knew about it.
◉ Federal Courts Answer: Derive their authority from Article III of
the US Constitution. Independent systems of courts (not superior to
state courts).
◉ The Federal Courts are a three-tiered model consisting of? (3)
Answer: 1. US Supreme Court (highest appellate court)
2. US Courts of Appeals
3. US District Courts
, ◉ US Supreme Court (highest appellate court)
1. __ justices
2. What's it review power?
3. Appeals to the Supreme Court (_________)
4. Petitions Granted by the Court (_________) Answer: 1. 9 justices
2. May review any case decided by any of the federal courts of
appeals, and has appellate authority over some cases decided in
state courts
3. Appeals to the Supreme Court (Writ of Certiorari)
4. Petitions Granted by the Court (Important constitutional issues or
circuit splits)
◉ US Court of Appeals
1. ____ US Courts of Appeals (AKA ______)
2. Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Circuit is called the ____________
Answer: 1. 13 US Courts of Appeals (AKA Circuit Courts)
2. Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Circuit is called the Federal
Circuit
◉ US District Courts
1. Equivalent of ________________
2. Where _______ happens
