Read the case study and then answer the questions that follow.

Sam Maxwell works for a small law firm. He has been a paralegal for only a few months, and most of his time has been spent drafting legal correspondence and poring over documents during discovery. A new client, Mrs. Dhillon, wants to sue her neighbor for deliberately damaging her newly landscaped garden, which cost her $10,000, and for destroying her bed of prize roses worth $5,000. Sam jumps at the chance to research the law and any additional materials for Mrs. Dhillon's case.

1. In researching the law, the first thing Sam should do is locate:

a. Precedent

b. Enacted law

c. Persuasive authority

d. Case law

2. If Sam finds a statute that specifically addresses Mrs. Dhillon's claim against her neighbor, it would be a waste of time to continue researching case law and persuasive authority.

True or false

3. If Sam cannot find enacted law, he would turn to case law as secondary authority.

true or false

Read the case study and then answer the questions that follow.

Sam Maxwell works for a small law firm. He has been a paralegal for only a few months, and most of his time has been spent drafting legal correspondence and poring over documents during discovery. A new client, Mrs. Dhillon, wants to sue her neighbor for deliberately damaging her newly landscaped garden, which cost her $10,000, and for destroying her bed of prize roses worth $5,000. Sam jumps at the chance to research the law and any additional materials for Mrs. Dhillon's case.

4. To locate additional court opinions dealing with the issues raised in Mrs. Dhillon's case, Sam could search:

a. American Law Reports

b. American Jurisprudence

c. All of the answers are correct

d. Treatises

5. If Sam finds a case that has facts and issues nearly identical to Mrs. Dhillon's situation, that case would be considered:

a. Persuasive authority

b. On point

c. Stare decisis

d. All of the answers are correct.

Read the case study and then answer the questions that follow.

Tina Martinez is a paralegal working for the law firm Connor, Connor, and Biggs. One of the firm's clients, Nationwide Cleaning Solutions, is being sued for one million dollars for illegally dumping chemicals along the Mississippi River in Illinois and Iowa. Nationwide Cleaning Solutions is located in Wisconsin, and the parties that are bringing the lawsuit against the company are located in Illinois and Iowa. As part of her legal research, Tina is looking into jurisdictional issues.

6. The court that has jurisdiction over the action against Nationwide Cleaning Solutions is:

a. Iowa state court

b. Wisconsin state court

c. Federal district court

d. Illinois state court

7. Because Nationwide Cleaning Solutions is located in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin state court has limited jurisdiction.

true or false

8. If the case against Nationwide Cleaning Solutions goes to trial, the trial court judge would decide:

a. Questions of fact

b. Questions of legal opinion

c. All of the answers are correct.

d. Questions of law

9. If Nationwide Cleaning Solutions loses the case and appeals the decision, the case would go to:

a. Federal district court

b. State appellate court

c. Federal circuit court

d. State supreme court

10. If Nationwide Cleaning Solutions loses the case in both the trial court and appellate court, it would have the absolute right to have its case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

true or false