BLAW 2080 All Quizzes and Tests Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Age - answer✔✔Under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which of the following forms of
discrimination is not prohibited?
True - answer✔✔Many different laws may apply to a single business transaction
False - answer✔✔Being a small-business owner means that you will never have to take on the
role of finance manager, marketing manager or accountant
spells out the rights and duties that exist between persons and between persons and their
governments. - answer✔✔Civil law
Flexo showed reckless disregard for Hill City's residents and others. - answer✔✔Flexo Trucking
Company transports hazardous waste. Garn is a Flexo driver, whom the company knows drives
longer hours than federal regulations permit. One night, Garn exceeds the limit and has an
accident. Spilled chemicals contaminate Hill City's water source, forcing the residents to move
away. Flexo acted unethically because
certiorari - answer✔✔The Arizona Supreme Court rules against Jennifer in a case against Kut
Rate Stores, Inc. Jennifer wants to appeal her case to the United States Supreme Court. She must
ask the Court to issue a writ of
the plaintiff - answer✔✔Jane enters into a contract with Jill to provide 100 roses for a dinner
party. Jane fails to deliver the roses. Jill initiates a suit against Jane, asking the court to order
Jane to deliver the roses. Jill is
long arm statute - answer✔✔Megan, a resident of Ohio, runs a red light in Texas and hits Sarah,
a Texas resident. Sarah files suit against Megan. The statute that allows the Texas court to
exercise jurisdiction over Megan is called a(n)
Nick's Web site activities. - answer✔✔Milo files a suit against Nick in an Ohio state court,
noting that Nick operates a Web site through which Ohio residents have done substantial
business with him. The court is most likely to have jurisdiction over Nick if Milo's claim arises
from
statutory law - answer✔✔The Illinois state legislature passes a law raising the speed limit on
certain state roads. This law becomes part of a body of law known as
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assumption of risk - answer✔✔Andy decides to go skydiving for his 40th birthday. He signs a
waiver, boards the plane and prepares for the jump. Everything is going smoothly until just
before landing a down draft forces Andy down at a much faster rate into the ground, causing
injury to both of his legs. Andy will likely not be able to recover for his injuries because the
defendant will claim the defense of
a statement of the basis for the court's jurisdiction. - answer✔✔Vinny decides to sue Allison. To
begin the suit, Vinny must file a complaint. A complaint should contain
the court must have jurisdiction - answer✔✔Justin wants to file a suit against Mikayla. For a
court to hear the case
a federal court cannot take jurisdiction because the amount in controversy is less than $75,000 -
answer✔✔Sandy, a resident of Illinois, wants to file suit against Carl, a resident of Kansas, over
Carl's failure to pay Sandy for work on his house. The amount in dispute is $15,000. Under
diversity of citizenship requirements
True - answer✔✔A business firm may have to comply with the laws of any jurisdiction in which
it actively targets customers
intentional infliction of emotional distress - answer✔✔Mel sent Jasper an e-mail message telling
Jasper that his wife had been killed in a car accident, and Mel knew this was untrue. Jasper may
be able to sue Mel for
the selection of jurors - answer✔✔During the trial phase of Fuel Corporation's suit against Gas
Stations, Inc., their attorneys engage in voir dire. This is
Specified Answer for: a
Compensatory
Specified Answer for: b
Diversity
Specified Answer for: c
different
Specified Answer for: d
75,000
Specified Answer for: e
negligence
Specified Answer for: f
duty