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Civil courts can result in three things: - ✔✔receive cash damages, injunctions, Order
of specific performance
Injunctions - ✔✔Court orders you to stop doing something, violation can result in a fine
Order of specific performance - ✔✔The defendant has to do something, because
monetary damages will not repair the harm
What is the difference between a fine and monetary damages? - ✔✔fines go to
the government and monetary damages go to the victim
There are two remedies to criminal cases- - ✔✔Fines, or jail/probation/ death penalty
Criminal case evidence is won _______________, civil cases are won with __________ -
✔✔beyond reasonable doubt, preponderance of the evidence
State courts handle most cases, while the cases that go to federal courst are issues of _______ -
✔✔federal issues/ questions, US National law, first amendment rights, discrimination
at work, more than 75k in suing
Diversity of citizenship - ✔✔Federal courts act as a neutral ground because plaintiff
and defendant are from different states
, You should sue the person that can pay damages, even if they are only _____ repsonsible -
✔✔partially
Podias Case - ✔✔Made liability to help others extend to individuals, not just public places
A lawsuit starts with a _______ - ✔✔plaintiff's complaint
If you don't respond to a plaintiff's complaint in 20 days, it results in a ________ - ✔✔default
judgement, you automatically lose the case
Statue of limitations - ✔✔A time limit on how long after an event for which you can
sue someone for it
Defendant's answer - ✔✔Result after Plaintiff's complaint, either admit or deny everything
Jurisdiction - ✔✔The extent of a court's power, not all courts have power over all people
and all cases
subject matter jurisdiction - ✔✔the requirement that a given court have power to hear
the specific kind of claim that is brought to that court (money restrictions, category, law, etc.)
Personal jurisdiction - ✔✔When suing, you hand over power to the courts to take over the
case (if you're being sued out of state, you can get away with it because they do not hold
power over you)
Long arm statue - ✔✔law that allows jurisdiction of an out of state defendant, if the
have enough connection with the state.
Minimum contact - ✔✔courts can assert personal jurisdiction over defendant
Correct | Verified
Civil courts can result in three things: - ✔✔receive cash damages, injunctions, Order
of specific performance
Injunctions - ✔✔Court orders you to stop doing something, violation can result in a fine
Order of specific performance - ✔✔The defendant has to do something, because
monetary damages will not repair the harm
What is the difference between a fine and monetary damages? - ✔✔fines go to
the government and monetary damages go to the victim
There are two remedies to criminal cases- - ✔✔Fines, or jail/probation/ death penalty
Criminal case evidence is won _______________, civil cases are won with __________ -
✔✔beyond reasonable doubt, preponderance of the evidence
State courts handle most cases, while the cases that go to federal courst are issues of _______ -
✔✔federal issues/ questions, US National law, first amendment rights, discrimination
at work, more than 75k in suing
Diversity of citizenship - ✔✔Federal courts act as a neutral ground because plaintiff
and defendant are from different states
, You should sue the person that can pay damages, even if they are only _____ repsonsible -
✔✔partially
Podias Case - ✔✔Made liability to help others extend to individuals, not just public places
A lawsuit starts with a _______ - ✔✔plaintiff's complaint
If you don't respond to a plaintiff's complaint in 20 days, it results in a ________ - ✔✔default
judgement, you automatically lose the case
Statue of limitations - ✔✔A time limit on how long after an event for which you can
sue someone for it
Defendant's answer - ✔✔Result after Plaintiff's complaint, either admit or deny everything
Jurisdiction - ✔✔The extent of a court's power, not all courts have power over all people
and all cases
subject matter jurisdiction - ✔✔the requirement that a given court have power to hear
the specific kind of claim that is brought to that court (money restrictions, category, law, etc.)
Personal jurisdiction - ✔✔When suing, you hand over power to the courts to take over the
case (if you're being sued out of state, you can get away with it because they do not hold
power over you)
Long arm statue - ✔✔law that allows jurisdiction of an out of state defendant, if the
have enough connection with the state.
Minimum contact - ✔✔courts can assert personal jurisdiction over defendant
