BSLW1021 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lanham Act, Contributory Negligence, Fiduciary
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Federal district court circuit court of appeals us supreme court. District court state court of appeals state supreme court can get to us. Supreme court only if it has to deal with a constitutional issue. Constitutional: all the laws in the constitution. Statutory: statutes that are passed by congress and state legislature, courts have to interpret statutes (false claim act) Have a fiduciary duty to the shareholders, must do things in their interest not just your own interest. Daniel will bring a case of negligence and in order to prove his case he must prove that the soccer association had a duty, breach of duty, cause and this harmed daniel. The soccer association will say that daniel was contributory negligent to his harm. He had a duty to act as a reasonable person, breached it, and this caused his harm. In contributory negligence, if a plaintiff was at all negligent then he collects no damages.
