Classroom - Day Two - Fall Final - Legal Proceedings

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____ determines WHO the court has jurisdiction over.

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Personal jurisdiction

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Federal courts have ____ if there is either federal question or diversity.

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Subject matter jurisdiction

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Most state courts are courts of _____ jurisdiction.

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General

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The subject matter jurisdiction for federal courts comes from _____ .

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Article III

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A court normally has personal jurisdiction over a defendant that ____ in the state. This is called general jurisdiction.

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resides

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True or False. If you are a Kansas resident and crash your car into an Arkansas resident while you are driving in Arkansas, the Arkansas resident could sue you in either Kansas or Arkansas.

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True

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The notice to a defendant that it has been sued is delivered by _____ of _____

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service of process

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Which of these are ways that plaintiffs can serve individual defendants: delivering a copy to the defendant personally, leaving the summons at abode with someone of suitable age and discretion, neither of these, either of these

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either of these

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Crossclaims are claims by a defendant against:

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other defendants

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True or False. When ruling on a 12(b)(6) motion, the court weighs the evidence and decides which of the allegations in the complaint are true.

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False