LRW Quiz with complete solutions
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Assuming the issues are the same, what decisions does a court have to follow? - ANS ✔✔a
court must follow its own prior decisions and decisions of higher courts within the same
jurisdiction."
Are trial court decisions binding? - ANS ✔✔No
if I'm in state court for an issue of federal law, what decisions are binding? - ANS ✔✔Courts
above, United States Supreme Court decisions are also binding
if I am in federal court on an issue of state law, what decisions are binding? - ANS ✔✔Decisions
from that state's highest appellate court are binding, Courts above.
What kind of jurisdiction do state courts have? - ANS ✔✔Original Jurisdiction
What kind of jurisdiction do federal courts have? - ANS ✔✔Limited jurisdiction
What is Diversity jurisdiction? - ANS ✔✔Federal courts have jurisdiction over claims in which
there are citizens from different states and in which the amount in controversy exceeds $75k.
Why would someone who could file a case in a state court choose federal? - ANS ✔✔1- Federal
judges are appointed for life
2- Federal courts apply federal procedural law, not state-specific procedural law.
3- If a client is being sued by a non-resident.
already passed
Assuming the issues are the same, what decisions does a court have to follow? - ANS ✔✔a
court must follow its own prior decisions and decisions of higher courts within the same
jurisdiction."
Are trial court decisions binding? - ANS ✔✔No
if I'm in state court for an issue of federal law, what decisions are binding? - ANS ✔✔Courts
above, United States Supreme Court decisions are also binding
if I am in federal court on an issue of state law, what decisions are binding? - ANS ✔✔Decisions
from that state's highest appellate court are binding, Courts above.
What kind of jurisdiction do state courts have? - ANS ✔✔Original Jurisdiction
What kind of jurisdiction do federal courts have? - ANS ✔✔Limited jurisdiction
What is Diversity jurisdiction? - ANS ✔✔Federal courts have jurisdiction over claims in which
there are citizens from different states and in which the amount in controversy exceeds $75k.
Why would someone who could file a case in a state court choose federal? - ANS ✔✔1- Federal
judges are appointed for life
2- Federal courts apply federal procedural law, not state-specific procedural law.
3- If a client is being sued by a non-resident.