BSL 212 Lecture Notes - Deontological Ethics, Contract, Egotism
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In order to get to the supreme court: they pick and choose which cases they want to hear (res); only picks up 1 percent of the cases that effect constitutional rights or natnl. security interests i. e. big bases: trial courts: tax courts, superior courts: justice of the peace court (inferior) and municipal courts (inferior) In personam (personal) jurisdiction: which parties can go to this court: has to protect their due process rights, requires: notice, opportunity to be heard, and for defendant, minimum contacts with the state, how to obtain: parties consent in a k or for plaintiff, by filing a case in the court, serving process on the party within the state in which the court is located, and reasonably notifying a party if a state"s long arm statute applies (long arm statute: applies over the country, can bring someone in from a different state if they have minimum contact with a state)
