BUS 221 Lecture 6: BUSLAW Lecture 6
21 Sep 2018
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Diversity: nobody on the plainti s side can be from be from the same state as the people on the defendants side. Plainti : ny, pa, in, oh, wv, nc, ne. In this case, you could drop a plainti or a defendant to get into federal courts. Jurisdiction over the thing which is how a court asserts jurisdiction over property within the state boundaries. If sued in state court, the defendant has the right to remove case to federal court if federal jurisdiction exists. A reason you"d want to move would be to avoid sympathy or to have a very well- experienced judge to rule on the case. A clause in a contract that states what court or jurisdiction will decide any disputes arising under the contract. Businesses put this in their contract because they want to make sure they cover themselves. Plainti must have a stake in the outcome of the case.
