Blaw310 ULL- Exam 1 Questions And Answers (2024/ 2025) (Verified Answers)

any court having original jurisdiction is known as what? - Answer-trial court federal court systems - Answer-1. US districts courts (trial courts of general jurisdiction) 2. US courts of appeal 3. US supreme court federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction in what 2 situations? - Answer-federal question: question that pertains to the US constitution, an act of Congress, or a treaty diversity of citizenship: 1. plaintiff and defendant must reside in 2 different states 2. the controversy amount must exceed $75,000 how are business decisions effected by law? - Answer-contracts courts and court procedures professional liability business organizations agency torts product liability e-commerce intellectual property creditors' rights negotiable instruments sales state court systems - Answer-several levels or tiers of courts: 1. trial courts of limited jurisdiction 2. trial courts of general jurisdiction3. appellate courts 4. the state's highest court (state supreme court) what are civil rights? - Answer-the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. what are interrogatories? - Answer-a series of written questions for which written answers are prepared by a party to a lawsuit, usually with the assistance of the party's attorney, and then signed under oath what are pleadings? - Answer-statements by the plaintiff and the defendant that detail the facts, charges, and defenses of a case what are police powers? - Answer-state regulatory powers that may be exercised to protect or promote the public order, health, safety, morals, and general welfare what are the 4 primary sources of American Law? - Answer--US constitution and the constitutions of states -statutes or laws passed by Congress and by state legislatures -regulations -case law (court decisions) what does the due process clause say? - Answer-guarantee that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law what does the equal protection clause say? - Answer-provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws" what does the fifth amendment say? - Answer-guarantees the rights to indictment (formal accusation) by a grand jury, to due process of law, and to far payment when private property is taken for public use; also prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy what does the first amendment say? - Answer-freedom of religion, speech, and the press and the rights to assemble peaceably and to petition the governmentwhat does the fourth amendment say? - Answer-prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures of persons or property what does the privileges and immunities clause say? - Answer-prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner what does the seventh amendment say? - Answer-guarantees the right to a jury by trial