Milwaukee Area Technical College

BADM 165-008

Quiz: Chapter 3

Question1)Mackey Corp. is incorporated in Delaware but has no office in the state. Its main office is in Arizona. Mackey would have a physical presence in Delaware to be sued in a case not involving an auto accident if

Question 2

Crystina is a resident of Delaware and, while shopping in Pennsylvania, is assaulted by Puuki, a New Jersey resident. Ordinarily, venue in this case would originally be in

Question 3

When an attorney requests a change of venue, the attorney is asking

Question 4

Which of the following does not occur in appellate court trials?

Question 5

Olivetone Inc., a Florida corporation, manufactures and sells suntan products. Through its website Olivetone sells its products in bulk to a company in Finland, which then distributes and sells the Olivetone products to Swedish companies for retail sale to Swedish consumers. Both Finland and Sweden are in the European Union, but the United States is not. Should a dispute arise and Olivetone is sued, whose law will apply?

Question 6

A forum selection clause

Question 7

Because it is not a state, cases arising in Washington, D.C., are heard by

Question 8

When a party files a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, how many justices must vote to hear the case for it to be accepted for review?

Question 9

Federal court judges are

Question 10

Rich has been arrested for a series of 21 home burglaries that spanned nine months. The news regarding the crime spree was on television, on radio, and in the newspapers on a regular basis. His lawyer doesn't believe that Rich can get a fair trial locally, so he will ask for

Question 11

An Oregon corporation and a New Hampshire corporation have entered into a contract and agreed that any legal disputes will be conducted using New Hampshire law. This agreement is called a

Question 12

In Franklin v. Facebook, the court considered Facebook's motion to transfer venue to Northern California and

Which of the following courts renders decisions binding only on the parties involved in the dispute?

Question 14

The "effects test" is utilized

The Zippo standard requires a case-by-case analysis

In Clemens v. McNamee, major league pitcher Roger Clemens sued McNamee, a trainer, over McNamee's statements to investigators and Sports Illustrated that he gave steroids to Clemens in Toronto and New York. Clemens, a Texas citizen, filed a defamation suit in Texas against McNamee, a citizen of New York, based on diversity of citizenship. The court decided

Question 17

Personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant would likely not occur in which of the following situations?

Question 18

Diversity jurisdiction requires citizens of two different states

Question 19

In Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, the New Hampshire court determined that

Question 20

The ultimate arbiter of federal law is

Question 21

The principal federal trial court is the

  Question 22

The Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff articulated a framework for the exercise of personal jurisdiction by lower courts that applied to

Question 23

The trial court in New York has heard a case and issued a decision. This decision