Venue – Federal Actions Self-Quiz
Mike has created
a cartoon that runs in the Sunday paper every week. Mike has copyrighted
the main character, a dog called “Floppy”. One day, as Mike
is perusing the Sunday paper, he sees another, different comic strip in
which Floppy has become the main character. The paper is distributed throughout
the country. Mike sues the cartoonist, Joe, for infringement of his copyright
rights. Mike lives in Montana; Joe lives in Nevada. In which federal district
court should Mike bring his action? (Assume that the states have only
one district court that is not broken down into divisions.)
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Mike has created
a new kind of clock, for which he has received a U.S patent. While shopping
one day in the local mall in Montana, where Mike lives, he sees a copy
of his clock in a store, clearly violating federal patent law. Mike investigates
and learns that Joe, a resident of Nevada, owns the store and created
the clock that is sold within his store. In which federal district court
may Mike bring his action?
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Assume, for
the purposes of this question, that the state of Texarkana has three federal
judicial districts: Eastern, Western, and Southern. Sally, who lives in
Oklahoma, wants to file a claim in federal court against Molly, who lives
in Brookville, which is in the Southern District of Texarkana. Assuming
all personal and subject matter jurisdiction requirements are satisfied,
in which judicial district must Sally file her action?
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Assume, for
the purposes of this question, that the state of Texarkana has three federal
judicial districts: Eastern, Western, and Southern. Sally, who lives in
Oklahoma, wants to file a claim in federal court against Molly, who lives
in Brookville, which is in the Southern District of Texarkana, and Susan,
who lives in Arkville, which is in the Western District of Texarkana.
Assuming all personal and subject matter jurisdiction requirements are
satisfied, in which judicial district may Sally not file her action?
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Assume, for
the purposes of this question, that the state of Texarkana has three federal
judicial districts: Eastern, Western, and Southern. Sally, who lives in
Oklahoma in the Northern District, wants to file a claim in federal court
against Molly, who lives in Brookville, which is in the Southern District
of Texarkana, and Susan, who lives in Oklahoma in the Southern District,
for injuries Sally sustained during a slip-and-fall in Molly’s apartment.
Assuming all personal and subject matter jurisdiction requirements are
satisfied, in which judicial district must Sally file her action?
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Assume, for
the purposes of this question, that the state of Texarkana has three federal
judicial districts: Eastern, Western, and Southern. Sally, who lives in
Oklahoma, wants to file a claim in federal court against Molly, who lives
in Brookville, which is in the Southern District of Texarkana, and Susan,
who lives in Arkville, which is in the Western District of Texarkana.
Assume all personal and subject matter jurisdiction requirements are satisfied.
Sally files her action in federal district court in Oklahoma and neither
Molly nor Susan objected to improper venue. Must the court dismiss the
action?
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Assume, for
the purposes of this question, that the state of Texarkana has three federal
judicial districts: Eastern, Western, and Southern. Sally, who lives in
Oklahoma, wants to file a claim in federal court against Molly, who lives
in Brookville, which is in the Southern District of Texarkana, and Susan,
who lives in Arkville, which is in the Western District of Texarkana.
Assume all personal and subject matter jurisdiction requirements are satisfied.
Sally files her action in federal district court in Oklahoma. Both Molly
and Susan object to the choice of venue. What type of motion should they
bring?
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Assume, for
the purposes of this question, that the state of Texarkana has three federal
judicial districts: Eastern, Western, and Southern. Sally, who lives in
Oklahoma, wants to file a claim in federal court against Molly, who lives
in Brookville, which is in the Southern District of Texarkana, and Susan,
who lives in Arkville, which is in the Western District of Texarkana.
Assume all personal and subject matter jurisdiction requirements are satisfied.
Sally files her action in federal district court in Oklahoma. Molly moves,
timely, to dismiss the case for improper venue. Susan does not join the
motion, nor does she file her own. If the court agrees that it is the
improper venue, what must it do?
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Adam, a citizen
of New Hampshire, wants to file an action in federal court against XYZ
Corp., whose business is only conducted in the western district of Vermont,
and has absolutely no contact with anyone or anything within any of the
other districts in Vermont. Adam’s home is closest to the federal
district court in Vermont for the Eastern District. Where may Adam file
his action?
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Adam, a citizen
of New Hampshire, wants to file an action in federal court against XYZ
Corp., which is headquartered in the western district of Vermont. XYZ
ships its product throughout Vermont and does considerable business in
every district in Vermont. Adam’s home is closest to the federal
district court in Vermont for the Eastern District. Where may Adam file
his action?
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Adam, a citizen
of New Hampshire, wants to file an action in federal court against XYZ
Corp., which is headquartered in the western district of Vermont. Although
XYZ ships its product throughout Vermont, it only ships one item to each
district. Adam’s home is closest to the federal district court in
Vermont for the Eastern District. Where is the most proper venue?
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