Chapter 2 Quiz
The federal court system is a(n) ____ system:
3 level
A suit involving a dispute for $45,000 over a contract signed in New York under New York law with parties from two different states could be tried in federal court using federal law or in a New York court using New York law.
False
All courts have general jurisdiction.
False
Any one member of the Supreme Court can accept a case for the Court to hear.
False
Appeals of decisions of regulatory agencies must go to the federal district court in the District of Columbia.
False
Because it is an appellate court, the U.S. Supreme Court has no original jurisdiction.
False
In Erie v. Tompkins, where Tompkins was hit by a New York train in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court held that the matter must be tried under federal law because the law of New York and Pennsylvania were in conflict
False
In most years, the Supreme Court hears and decides about 20 cases
False
In the federal and state systems, the only courts with general jurisdiction are the U.S. and state supreme courts.
False
Juries are used in state courts, but not in federal court.
False
Most federal court of appeals cases are reviewed by the Supreme Court.
False
Several times over the years, Congress has punished federal courts for decisions Congress did not like by cutting the salary of judges.
False
Small claims courts in all states may not hear cases involving amounts in dispute over $1,000.
False
Some states require that no matter what the dispute, all cases must be tried under the law of that state. No conflict-of-law tests will be applied.
False
The Constitution requires each state court system to have appeals courts and a supreme court.
False
The U.S. Supreme Court must accept appeals from state supreme courts when there is a conflict of laws between two or more states.
False
The doctrine of forum non conveniens applies only in federal district courts, not state trial courts
False
The only federal courts in which a jury is used are the courts of appeals.
False
Traditionally, in contracts cases, the conflict-of-law rule is that the law of the state in which a contract was breached will determine the validity of the contract.
False
When a federal judge is impeached from office, the trial is heard by the Supreme Court, unless a Supreme Court judge is involved.
False
A suit involving a dispute for $1 million over a contract signed in Ohio under Ohio law with parties from two different states could be tried in federal or Ohio courts using the same law.
True
A suit involving a dispute for $45,000 over a contract signed in Pennsylvania under Pennsylvania law with parties from two different states would be tried in a Pennsylvania court using Pennsylvania law.
True
A writ of certiorari directs a lower court to send up the record of a case for review by the Supreme Court.
True
Federal judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
True
In Erie v. Tompkins, where Tompkins was hit by a New York train in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court held that federal common law, as first announced in Swift v. Tyson, was to be abandoned in favor of state common law.
True
In some states, judges are appointed by the governor.
True
Judges are protected from damages caused by bad decisions they make on the bench by judicial immunity.
True
Like the federal court system, state courts have a system of appellate courts and courts of original jurisdiction.
True
State judges, unlike federal judges, are generally not appointed for life.
True
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has national jurisdiction.
True
The venue of a case may be changed due to excessive publicity about the matter.
True
There is no right of appeal in a criminal case lost by the government at the district court trial.
True
Trial courts at both the federal and state level are called courts of original jurisdiction.
True
With the exception of the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress has the power to abolish and create federal courts.
True
Original jurisdiction means power to:
accept a lawsuit, try it, and pass judgment
State judges:
all of the other choices are correct
Which of the following are part of the federal court system:
all of the other specific choices are correct
The doctrine of judicial immunity protects judges' ability to:
be independent decision makers
Federal judges may be impeached for:
bribery
The Supreme Court was created:
by the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution provides that the judicial power (the court system) is:
in one Supreme Court and in lower courts as Congress may establish
The Missouri System for choosing state judges:
is an example of a system that mixes the election and appointment processes
Federal judges are appointed for:
life
If a federal judge is impeached from office
none of the other choices are correct
Unlike federal judges, most state judges:
none of the other choices are correct
The doctrine that protects judges from suits for damages for judicial acts is called:
none of the other choices is correct
Both state and federal court systems have lower courts of ____, where disputes are first brought and tried.
original jurisdiction
Federal judges are nominated by:
president