Court Jurisdiction
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
N.Y.S Court Structure
Federal Court System
Miscellaneous
100
The two basic types of Jurisdictions.
What is In-rem Jurisdiction and In-personam Jurisdiction?
100
This court has exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over divorce cases.
What is the NYS Supreme court?
100
Where cases in New York and Bronx county would appeal.
What is the Appellate division, 1st department?
100
The highest Federal court.
What is Supreme Court?
100
This trial has no jury and the judge gives the verdict.
What is a bench trial?
200
What kind of Jurisdiction does family court have?
What is limited Jurisdiction?
200
A person suing the MTA has subject matter Jurisdiction to file in this court.
What is the NYC court of claims?
200
A woman from Kings County appeals her domestic abuse case in regards to her belief that the ruling was unfair.
What is the Appellate division, 2nd department?
200
How many district courts are in the U.S Federal court system?
What is there 99 of?
200
These individuals decide the liability within the court.
What is the jury?
300
Which court has Jurisdiction over divorce cases? What kind of Jurisdiction?
What is Supreme Court, and Exclusive Jurisdiction.
300
A case in NYC that has subject matter Jurisdiction over civil matters that are up to $25,000 can file in this court.
What is the NYC civil court?
300
Cases from these courts get appealed to the appellate term.
What is County courts, District courts, NYC civil court and all other local trial courts?
300
Banking, taxation, and international trade all fall under what Federal court?
What is the Federal court of claims?
300
These individuals review trial court for errors of law, reverse judgment, and remand for a new trial.
What is the responsibility of the panel of judges?
400
NYS Supreme Court and U.S Supreme Court has what Jurisdiction over handling money $75k and up?
What is Concurrent Jurisdiction?
400
A man Rockland county filed a claim against his neighbor in NYC civil court and lost. His case has subject matter Jurisdiction to be appealed in this court.
What is the NYS supreme court Appellate term?
400
Only applies to the 3rd and 4th department county court.
What is a trial court as well as a intermediate Appellate court?
400
Jurisdiction in a lawsuit arising under state law between litigations who are from different states and the amount of controversy exceeds $75k.
What is diversity Jurisdiction?
400
If something was done incorrectly within the trial, the case gets sent back to get reviewed, the judge stays the same and there is no new trial.
What is a remand?
500
Freddy's mother is diseased, his aunt wants custody of him. Which courts can she file in? What is that Jurisdiction called?
What is surrogates OR family court? What is concurrent Jurisdiction?
500
Joanne owes her land lord $15,000. her land lord has the option of filing in NYC civil court or NYS supreme court. Both of these courts have this Jurisdiction.
What is original subject matter Jurisdiction?
500
In January Jane slips on black ice in front of a fire station. In result, Jane's right ankle is fractured. Her physician informers her that she will have to be in a cast for approximately 3 months. This causes Jane to be unable to walk unsupported and unable to drive. Furious over the injury she has sustained, Jane sues the city of New York. The verdict that was called at the Court of Claims trail court did not meet Jane's expectations. Infact she believes that the case was ruled unfairly, so she appeals to her designated Appellate Division. Here they do not revise her case for a retrial. Jane then appeals to the highest court for New York State.
What is the New York State Court of Appeals?
500
When Litigations have both Federal and state issues the court may entertain both issues in the interest of efficiency, especially if they stem for common issues and are substantially related to eachother.
What is Supplement Jurisdiction?
500
An attorney is giving his client a series of questions about facts and events related to the case. All of this is being done while under oath....
What is deposition?
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