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What are the 3 Rings Required for Choosing the Proper Court
SMJ, PJ, Venue
This is the first step in initiating a lawsuit, where the plaintiff files a document stating the basis of the claim.
What is the complaint?
Foundational document provides the basis for federal courts’ subject-matter jurisdiction.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This court is the highest authority in the federal judiciary.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
State courts generally have this type of subject-matter jurisdiction, allowing them to hear almost any type of case.
What is general jurisdiction?
This process involves both parties exchanging information to prepare for trial, often referred to as the most time-consuming part of litigation.
What is discovery?
This Article of the Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government.
What is Article III?
The federal court system is divided into these two primary levels below the Supreme Court.
What are district courts and appellate courts?
Diversity jurisdiction requires complete diversity of citizenship between plaintiffs and defendants and an amount in controversy exceeding this threshold.
What is $75,000?
The timeline of a typical civil case includes this phase, where pretrial motions and settlements are often discussed.
What is pretrial?
Standing Orders
Colorado has this many federal judicial districts.
What is one?
This doctrine allows federal courts to hear cases only within specific areas defined by the U.S. Constitution and federal statutes.
What is limited jurisdiction?
If one party is dissatisfied with the trial court’s decision, they can request this higher court to review the case.
What is an appeal?
This set of rules often varies by federal district and supplements the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
What are local rules?
California is divided into this many federal judicial districts.
What is four?
This test, established in International Shoe Co. v. Washington, determines whether a court has personal jurisdiction over a defendant.
What is the minimum contacts test?
This federal statute permits a defendant to remove a case filed in state court to federal court under certain conditions.
What is 28 U.S.C. § 1441?
This Article gives Congress the power to create courts inferior to the Supreme Court
What is Article I
This federal statute permits a defendant to remove a case filed in state court to federal court under certain conditions.
What is 28 U.S.C. § 1441?