BLW 302 Perez Exam 1 Questions And Answers Latest Updates
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BLW 302 Perez
Long-Arm statutes - ️️Courts use long-arm statutes for nonresident parties based
on activities that took place within the state. Defendant must have minimum contacts.
Minimum contacts is the test, Gucci Case
concurring opinion - ️️A court opinion by one or more judges who agree with the
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BLW 302 Perez Exam 1
Long-Arm statutes - ✔️✔️Courts use long-arm statutes for nonresident parties based
on activities that took place within the state. Defendant must have minimum contacts.
Minimum contacts is the test, Gucci Case
concurring opinion - ✔️✔️A court opinion by one or more judges who agree with the
majority opinion but non the legal reasoning behind the opinion. Different legal opinion
is important part
Substantive Law - ✔️✔️consists of all laws that define, describe, regulate, and create
legal rights and obligations
Procedural law - ✔️✔️consists of all laws that outline the methods of enforcing the
rights established by substantive law. How we go about it
Plaintiff/Petitioner - ✔️✔️the party who initiates a lawsuit
Defendant/Respondent - ✔️✔️the party against whom a lawsuit is brought
appellant (petitioner) - ✔️✔️The party who takes an appeal from one court to another.
Appellee - ✔️✔️the party against whom the appeal is taken
Damages - ✔️✔️A monetary award sought as a remedy for a breach of contract or a
tortious action.
Two Aspects of Stare Decisis - ✔️✔️1. A court should not overturn its own precedents
unless there is a compelling reason to do so.
2. Decisions made by a higher court are binding on lower courts. Stands for "Let the
Decision Stand" ex. Brown v. Board of ED
Statute of Limitations - ✔️✔️A federal or state statute setting the maximum time period
during which a certain action can be brought or certain rights enforced.
Laches - ✔️✔️Equitable equivalent to stature of limitations. Claim must be brought
within "Reasonable Time". These are injuctions and such where money is not good
enough
Judge/Justice - ✔️✔️The terms judge and justice are usually synonymous and
represent two designations given to judges in various courts
, Opinion - ✔️✔️The court's reasons for its decision, the rules of law that apply, and the
judgment.
Unanimous Opinion - ✔️✔️An opinion that represents the view of all the judges who
heard a case
Majority Opinion - ✔️✔️a court opinion reflecting the views of the majority of the judges
Dissenting Opinion - ✔️✔️an opinion by one or more judges who disagree with the
majoritys opinion
Plurality Opinion - ✔️✔️an opinion that has the support of the largest number of judges,
but less than a majority of them
per curiam opinion - ✔️✔️A unanimous opinion that does not indicate which judge
wrote it.
juristiction - ✔️✔️The authority of a court to hear and decide a specific action
In personam jurisdiction - ✔️✔️jurisdiction over the parties to a lawsuit. OVER THE
PARTIES
In Rem Jurisdiction - ✔️✔️Court jurisdiction over a defendant's property. OVER THE
THINGS like property
Corporate Contacts - ✔️✔️Corporations are normally subject to personal jurisdiction in
the state in which they are incorporated, have their principal office, and/or are doing
business
Subject Matter Jurisdiction - ✔️✔️authority of a court to decide a particular kind of
dispute. What the case is about
Courts of original jurisdiction - ✔️✔️trial courts that hear cases for the first time and
determine issues of fact and law
Courts of appellate jurisdiction - ✔️✔️HAve the power to review a prior decision in the
same case made by another court
Subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts - ✔️✔️is limited, diversity of citizenship,
constitutional rights, treaties
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