LAW2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Minimum Contacts, Small Claims Court, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
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Treaty or the u. s. constitution: exclusive vs concurrent jurisdiction, concurrent can be more than one state, or state or federal. If they answer the complaint without objecting to jurisdiction: where they commit an act that causes harm, where they had a contract, or a contract specifies; (choice of law and forum clause, where they do business. Includes where their website is accessed: an ad in a state where there"s no company isn"t enough to sue someone. Venue- when more than one court will have personal jurisdiction, which court is the most appropriate court to hear and decide the case. A number of factors may be considered, such as. Federal and state court systems generally have 3 levels: highest last appellate level, federal: u. s. supreme court, state: often called (state) supreme court. Intermediate first appellate level: federal: u. s. court of appeals, state: often called (state) court of appeals, lowest trial court deciding issues of law and fact.
