1. What are trial courts in the Federal Court system called?  
2. What does it mean to say that an appeal must be on an "issue of law"? 
3. If I appeal a court decision to the US Supreme Court, does/will the US Supreme Court hear my appeal? 
4. I am a California resident (I live in San Mateo) and I drive a 2014 Honda Accord with a "blue book" market value of approximately $8,000.  What do you drive and where do you live? [If you don't drive, assume you drive a brand-new just-bought-yesterday $200,000 Lamborghini.]
5. Taking into account the responses to Question 4 above, if I rear-end your car while leaving the Foothill campus and "total" your car (i.e., destroy it), can you make a claim against me for damages in state court?  Please analyze.  Why or why not?    
6. Taking into account the responses to Question 4 above, if I rear-end your car while leaving the Foothill campus and "total" your car (i.e., destroy it), can you make a claim against me for damages in federal court ?  Please analyze.  Why or why not?  
7. What are the jurisdiction requirements to have a claim heard in state court?  What is required?
8. What are the jurisdiction requirements to have a claim heard in Federal court?  What is required
9. Was International Shoe subject to the jurisdiction of Washington state courts?  Why or why not?

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1 Trial courts in the Federal Court system are called District Courts 2 Saying that an appeal must be on an Issue of law means that the appeal is base... View the full answer