Question

1. All of the following are proper grounds for federal question jurisdiction EXCEPT

A. Violation of federal statutes

B. When the United States is a party

C. Lawsuits involving international treaties

D. Personal injury actions involving foreign nationals

2. Corporations

A. Are citizens of their state of incorporation

B. Are a legal fiction and therefore cannot be sued in state courts

C Are citizens of their principal place of business

D. Both A and C are correct

3. Court-ordered medical examinations in personal injury actions

A. Are always permitted

B. Are a violation of privacy and rarely, if ever, allowed

C. Are limited to situations where a party’s physical condition is an issue in the case

D. Will be permitted only if the other party submits to the same examination

4. While driving his car Christopher R. Martinez, a Yuma, Arizona resident, runs a red light and broadsides Ms. Eva Y. Hung, a San Francisco, California, resident. The accident occurs in Mountain View, California. Ms. Hung is taken to Choke Memorial Hospital, is given two aspirins and is released. She later receives a $100,000 hospital bill. Ms. Hung brings a personal injury lawsuit. Under these facts, which is true:

A. Ms. Hung must sue in federal court because Mr. Martinez lives in Arizona.

B. Ms. Hung must sue Mr. Martinez in Arizona state court because he lives there.

C. If Ms. Hung sued Mr. Martinez in California state court, Mr. Martinez may have the case

   removed to Federal Court.

D. The amount in controversy requires the action be heard in state court.

5. Ms. Hung later learns that Mr. Martinez was employed by Oracle, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and that at the time of the accident he was driving his employer’s car. The accident occurred just after Mr. Martinez had left Larry Ellison’s, Oracle CEO, office. Ms. Hung wants to name Oracle as an additional defendant. Does this affect jurisdiction?

A. No. Mr. Martinez, Ms. Hung and Oracle are all citizens of different states.

B. No, Oracle presumably does business in all 50 states.

C. Maybe, if Oracle’s principal place of business is in California then the action may only be

filed in State Court.

D. Maybe. Oracle can have the matter transferred/removed to federal court because it is a

Delaware corporation.

6. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

A.     established that the separate but equal doctrine was Constitutional.

B.     was the last case wherein the US Supreme Court approved of the government treating similarly

         situated differently based on race, religion, national origin and creed.

C.     proves that law evolves to reflect social conditions.

D.     is proof that law is static and not subject to change

7. Which of the following is not required to establish negligence per se

A.     violation of a statute.

B.     defendant intentionally violated the statute.

C.     plaintiff was within the class of persons to be protected by the statute.

D.     the statute was enacted to prevent the type of injury suffered.

Answer 1

As per policy, only first question is being answered, please ask the remaining questions seperately.

Q1 D. Personal injury actions involving foreign nationals

In United States law, federal question jurisdiction is the subject-matter jurisdiction of United States federal courts to hear a civil case because the plaintiff has alleged a violation of the United States Constitution, federal law, or a treaty to which the United States is a party.

Accordingly all the options A,B and C are valid federal question jurisdictions.