Paul Plaintiff sues Donna Defendant in a tort case. He accuses her of running a stop sign and hitting his car and seeks damages to compensate him for his losses. Paul’s case will be a ______. In this case, Pau’s burden of proof will be to prove his case _______________

Ron loses his discrimination claim in federal district court. If he wishes he can appeal his case to ___________ court. If he loses there he can seek to have his case reviewed by ___________

Consider Abner v. Doubleday, a case that will be heard by a U.S. Court of Appeals. Which of the following can you say is true

Adam sues Brenda and claims that Brenda’s dog bit his leg. Brenda receives a copy of Adam’s complaint and in her answer, she alleges that her dog bit Adam when he was trespassing in her yard late at night that he destroyed her fence when he ran away from the dog and he should pay $500 to compensate her for the fence repairs. Characterize the components of Brenda’s answer

Sam sues AlphaCom. His former employees. In his case, he alleges that AlphaCo is illegally discriminating against him. During discovery, Sam’s lawyer asks AlphaCo for its employment records over the last 10 years. The lawyer also wants to talk to Sam’s former supervisor under oat and ask him about Sam’s termination

Max sues the Houston Police Department after he is arrested during a protest. He claims his free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution have been violated

Jack sues MegaCorp over crop losses after MegaCorp dumps toxic chemicals into a river that eventually runs across his farm. He uses based on the federal clean water Act and also under Texas tort law

Which of these two plaintiffs could bring their case to federal court

Max a resident of Texas sues the Houston Police Department after he is arrested during a protest. He claims his free speech rights under U.S. Constitution have been violated. He seeks $50,000. Can he bring his claim to federal court?

Paul plaintiff, a resident of Texas, files a lawsuit in Texas against Don Defendant, a resident of California. Don receives notice of the lawsuit and tells his lawyer, “I don’t want to travel to Texas to be sued by this guy.” Don’s Lawyers says, “Maybe you don’t have to.” The lawyer argues that the Texas court lacks personal jurisdiction over Don. Don’s lawyer asserts in a court filing that the court does have personal jurisdiction and that the case should not proceed. He does not say anything else about the case in the filings

Don’s lawyer has filed a ______ This action ______ gives the Texas court personal jurisdiction over Don.

Paul Plaintiff, a resident of Texas, files a lawsuit and tells his lawyer, “I don’t want to travel to Texas to be sued by this guy.” Don’s Layer says, “Maybe you don’t have to.” the Lawyer argues that the Texas court lacks personal jurisdiction over Don. Pual's lawyer asserts that the court does have personal jurisdiction and that the case should proceed.

Six months before. Don traveled to Texas, signed a contract with Paul while he was there, and returned to California. He has made no other trips to Texas and has had no other interactions with the state.

In Paul’s lawsuit, he alleges that Don has breached that contract. Which of the following types of personal jurisdiction does the Texas court have over Don?

Fred is a prospective juror in a case in which Al's Attorney will be asking for $10,000,000 in damages. During voir dire questioning, Al gets the feeling that Fred will be unlikely to award such a large sum. He does not have a good argument that Fred will be biased or will fail to be impartial but he would still like to keep him off the jury. To do so Al will probably have to use which type of challenge

Jack loses a huge sum in a lawsuit with Pat Plaintiff and he does not pay Pay for a long time. Pat’s lawyer goes back to court and seeks the court’s help in collecting what is owed. The court issues a document that empowers a sheriff to seize Jack’s car and sell it at auction to raise part of the money. The court issues a second document that ordered Jack’s bank to deliver some of Jack’s deposits into the custody of the court. The first document is a writ of ______ and the second document is a writ of _______

Zena signs an arbitration agreement on her first day at a new job in which she agrees that if she has any disputes with the company in the future, she will not sue and will only pursue a remedy in arbitration. A year later, Zena has a car accident with Barry. Afterwards they sign an agreement that they will arbitrate the dispute. A month after that Zena does not get an expected promotion at work and she thinks it is because her supervisor dislikes her personally and not because of the quality of her work.  Now zena is upset at both her employer and at Barry, and she would like to have her day in court with both of them. That is to say, she wants sue both, and not go through arbitration. Can she do so

Tina has a dispute with her next-door neighbor. The neighbor’s tree fell over onto her garage roof and caused significant damage. The neighbor has been slow to agree to pay for the damage. Tina says, “I’d like to work this out quickly, and I hope that I can still be friends with my neighbor later - it would be awkward to live next door to someone who is angry with me.” Based on Tina’s comments she should do which of the following?

When Congress passes a statute it exercises _____ power. If someone challenges the law in court and argues that the new law violates a part of the Constitution, the courts will use their power of _______ to evaluate the law

Under the Supreme Court’s modern interpretation of the Commerce Clause, the most important factor in determining whether business activities count as interstate commerce is whether

Carol and Debby bring separate lawsuits under their 14th Amendment right to Equal Protection. Carol challenges a law that she claims makes distinctions based on gender. Debby challenges a law that she says makes distinctions based on the income level of residents of her state. If the government wishes to keep the challenged laws in place, it will have to convince the court the law is necessary to further an ______ state interest in Carol’s lawsuit and a ______ state interest in Debby's lawsuit

Carl challenges a stature under his 14th amendment right to equal protection. He argues that the law makes distinctions based on race and that it must be struck down, the court will apply ______scrutiny to the claim. If it wants to keep the law in place, the government will have to convince the court that it is necessary to further _______ state interest

Rex tries to make decisions in such a way as to benefit as many people as possible. Sam tries to treat everyone as he would wish to be treated. Rex takes a _______ approach to decision making and sam follows a _______ approach.

The general standards that constitute the smallest amount of ethical conduct necessary for the functioning of civilization are referred to as _________. These standards ________ require defense or justification

Moral minimum

A child says, “all my friends are allowed to text as late as they want to” Her parents reply “If everybody else jumped off a cliff would you jump too?” The child is forming her belief about acceptable conduct through a filer of

A recent study found that people who are in the center of social networks who acts as brokers of information for others in the network are more likely to believe that these others share their moral judgments than are other members of the network. This finding indicates that people at the center of social networks are especially susceptible to the phenomena of

Milton Friedman argued that corporations are agents of ______. He ______ argue that corporations should be socially responsive>

The idea of a social contract supports the view that corporations are agents of______. The concept of group dynamics as it applies in corporate settings supports the view that corporations are agents of

According to an example in the module in the 1990s leaders at Sears Auto Centers set aggressive goals that caused many Sears employees to widely overcharge for work and to perform unnecessary repairs. Other similar examples involved Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo. The Problem at the heart of the companies' troubles was

Which of the following tend to increase the chances that employees will act ethically