SCENARIOS FOR COURT GAME

Business Law – Chapters 1 & 2

MARTHA SHOOTS AND KILLS HER HUSBAND IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. THE STATE PROSECUTOR BRINGS CHARGES IN WHICH COURT?

Case 1

LARRY'S LANDLORD REFUSES TO RETURN HIS DAMAGE DEPOSIT OF $450 WHEN LARRY MOVES OUT OF HIS APARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH THE APARTMENT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LARRY WANTS TO SUE HIS LANDLORD, BUT DOESN'T WANT TO HIRE A LAWYER. IN WHICH COURT CAN LARRY FILE SUIT?

Case 2

ROBERT, AN 18-YEAR OLD CVU SENIOR, WANTS TO BE EMANCIPATED FROM HIS PARENTS. IN WHICH COURT WILL HIS CASE BE TRIED?

Case 3

FRANK HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN VERMONT’S SUPERIOR COURT AND HIS SENTENCE IS THE DEATH PENALTY. HE APPEALS HIS CASE TO WHICH COURT?

Case 4

RONALD’S EX-GIRLFRIEND IS ASKING FOR CHILD SUPPORT FOR THEIR NEWBORN SON. RONALD IS QUESTIONING HIS PARENTAGE. IN WHICH COURT WILL HIS CASE BE HEARD?

Case 5

CHARLENE IS BEING TRIED FOR BURNING THE AMERICAN FLAG IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE IN BURLINGTON. THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FILES CHARGES AGAINST HER IN WHICH COURT?

Case 6

CHARLENE APPEALS HER CONVICTION OF DEFACING AN AMERICAN FLAG TO WHICH COURT?

Case 7

MARTHA APPEALS HER CONVICTION IN SUPERIOR COURT FOR MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE TO WHICH COURT?

Case 8

TAYLOR SWIFT SUES A FAMOUS BAND FOR STEALING HER SONG AND VIOLATING HER COPYRIGHT IN WHICH COURT?

Case 9

KELLY IS CITED FOR HER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ON A CITY BUS IN WINOOSKI. WHICH COURT WILL HEAR HER CASE?

Case 10

MEREDITH WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH SHE INJURED HER NECK. SHE SUES THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR FOR $60,000 IN WHICH COURT?

Case 11

WILLIAM, A RESIDENT OF SHELBURNE, IS CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR OF FOURTH DEGREE ASSAULT IN WHICH COURT?

Case 12

ARNOLD WAS CONVICTED OF BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE BY A JURY IN SUPERIOR COURT. HE APPEALS HIS CONVICTION TO WHICH COURT?

Case 13

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS RULES THAT THE STATE INITIATIVE TO TERMINATE MANDATORY BUSING VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THE STATE OF VERMONT APPEALS TO WHICH COURT?

Case 14

THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS UPHOLDS THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS' RULING THAT THE STATE INITIATIVE TO TERMINATE MANDATORY BUSING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE STATE APPEALS TO WHICH COURT?

Case 15

ERIC AND HIS WIFE TAYLOR WANT TO ADOPT A CHILD FROM KOREA. IN WHICH COURT WILL THEIR CASE BE HEARD?

Case 16

A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE RULES THAT THE STATE LAW AGAINST CROSS BURNING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE PROSECUTOR APPEALS THIS DECISION TO WHICH COURT?

Case 17

JESSE IS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS OF SHELBURNE. IN WHICH COURT IS HE CHARGED?

Case 18

ELIZABETH, WHO LIVES IN BURLINGTON, CRASHES HER CAR INTO JUAN'S SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE, CAUSING INJURIES AND DAMAGES OF $120,000. JUAN, WHO IS FROM CHARLOTTE, FILES A LAWSUIT IN WHICH COURT?

Case 19

DISABLED INDIVIDUALS APPEAL A JURY VERDICT THAT A MOVIE THEATER HAD NOT VIOLATED THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. IN WHICH COURT IS THE APPEAL FILED?

Case 20

INMATES ASK THIS COURT TO REVIEW THEIR CASE FROM THE STATE'S SUPREME COURT, CLAIMING THAT THE JAIL FAILED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH BASIC HUMAN NEEDS.

Case 21

THE STATE SUPERIOR COURT OVERTURNS AUSTIN'S CONVICTION FOR SELLING DRUGS, BASED ON AN ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE. THE STATE ASKS WHICH COURT TO REVIEW THE DECISION?

Case 22

COLLEEN IS CITED FOR SITTING ON THE SIDEWALK IN VIOLATION OF A LOCAL ORDINANCE. IN WHICH COURT WILL HER CASE BE TRIED?

Case 23

THE DEFENSE TEAM FOR TROY DAVIS ASKED FOR AN 11TH HOUR STAY OF EXECUTION. WHICH COURT HEARD THIS APPEAL?

Case 24

JAMES, A 35-YEAR OLD RESIDENT, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR POACHING DEER OUT OF SEASON. WHICH COURT WILL HEAR HIS CASE?

Case 25

CASEY HAS NEVER LIKED THE SPELLING OF HER NAME AND WANTS TO HAVE IT CHANGED TO KASIE. WHICH COURT WILL HEAR HER CASE?

Case 26

REBECCA AND HER HUSBAND ARE DIVORCED. PER ORDER OF THE DIVORCE DECREE, REBECCA IS ENTITLED TO CHILD SUPPORT FOR HER 3 CHILDREN. HER HUSBAND HAS NOT PAID THIS IN OVER A YEAR. IN WHICH COURT WILL HER CASE BE TRIED?

Case 27

THE TOWN OF WILLISTON IS FIGHTING THE PROPOSAL FOR A NEW SHOPPING PLAZA NEAR TAFT FOUR CORNERS, ARGUING THAT IT WILL HAVE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE WETLANDS SURROUNDING THAT AREA. WHICH COURT WILL HEAR THIS CASE?

Case 28

Case 29

EDDIE BAUER HOLDINGS INC. (EBH) IS A HOLDING COMPANY THAT OPERATES THE EDDIE BAUER CLOTHING STORE CHAIN, HEADQUARTERED IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES. EBH WAS FORMED AFTER EDDIE BAUER'S FORMER PARENT COMPANY, SPIEGEL, INC., WENT BANKRUPT IN 2003. WHICH COURT HEARD THIS CASE?

U.S. COURTS OF SPECIAL JURISDICTION

• U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES

• U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

• U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS• U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE• U.S. TAX COURT

Case 30

UNITED STATES V. LUSK IS AN AIR FORCE CASE INVOLVING SEVERAL ISSUES ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF LABORATORY REPORTS CONFIRMING THE DEFENDANT’S DRUG USE. WHICH COURT WOULD HEAR THIS CASE?

JEAN A. ERSPAMER, THE WIDOW OF ERNEST ERSPAMER, A MINNESOTA VETERAN EXPOSED TO RADIATION DURING ATOMIC BOMB TESTS IN THE PACIFIC IN 1946, SUED THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ACTION ON HER CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND DEATH BENEFITS AFTER HER HUSBAND DIED OF LEUKEMIA IN 1980. WHICH COURT HEARD HER CASE?

Case 31