The concept of venue reflects the policy that:
a. An individual must have a sufficient stake in a controversy before he or she
can bring a lawsuit
b. A controversy is real and substantial as opposed to hypothetical or
academic
c. The court must have authority before it can take a case, try it, and decide it
d. A lawsuit should be tried in the geographic area in which the parties
involved in the lawsuit reside or in which the incident leading to the lawsuit
occurred
Q. 2The geographic district or location in which a case is tried and from which the jury is selected is called:
a. Jurisdiction
b. Original jurisdiction
c. Venue
d. None of these choices are correct
Q. 3When deciding whether a case should be filed in state or federal court, one should:
a. Evaluate the likelihood of winning in each court
b. Evaluate the costs and procedural rules involved in filing in each court
c. Evaluate the length of time it will take each court to decide the case
d. Evaluate the jury pool available for each court
e. All of these choices are correct
Q. 4Federal courts do not have exclusive jurisdiction in which of the following subject matters?
a. Copyrights
b. Suits against the United States
c. Bankruptcy
d. Adoptions
Q. 5Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction in which of the following subject matters?
a. Copyrights
b. Adoptions
c. Bankruptcy
d. Copyrights and bankruptcy
e. Adoptions and bankruptcy
Q. 6States do not have exclusive jurisdiction in which of the following subject matters?
a. Divorce
b. Adoptions
c. Bankruptcy
d. Divorce and adoptions
e. Divorce and bankruptcy
Q. 7States have exclusive jurisdiction in which of the following subject matters?
a. Divorce
b. Adoptions
c. Bankruptcy
d. Divorce and adoptions
e. Divorce and bankruptcy
Q. 8Tim Martin wants to bring a patent-infringement lawsuit against the Widget Manufacturing Company. The only court that can hear patent infringement cases is the federal district court because:
a. Federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction
b. Federal district courts have limited jurisdiction over patent and copyright cases
c. Federal district courts have exclusive jurisdiction over patent and copyright
infringement cases
d. The federal district courts are courts of original jurisdiction
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