LPP 255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Diversity Jurisdiction, Product Liability, United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
13 Feb 2017
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Example: plead not guilty for burglary goes through trial level court, if they lose they go to appellate, if they lose there they go to court of appeal. Decides if what the lower court did was handled correctly. Looking at record from court below it and deciding if right or wrong. Sert: the request to the supreme court to hear a certain case. 9 justices decide if they want to hear a case. Rule of 4: need 4 justices to vote to agree to hear the case. Power of a court to hear and decide a case. Subject-matter jurisdiction is the authority of a court to hear cases of a particular type or cases relating to a specific subject matter. Long arm: when courts of one state can have jurisdiction of another state. Bean is headquartered in maine and most business is done online. Bean, inc briefing: citation, gator. com corp v. l. l.
