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State court or Federal court?
15 questions
1. A criminal robs a man on the street.
2. Timothy McVeigh blows up the federal courthouse in Oklahoma City.
3
April 19, 1995
3. A man sells drugs.
4. Two people of different races cannot marry
Loving v. Virginia
5. Men and women are treated differently when asking to look after
the affairs of their deceased son.
Reed v. Reed
6. A man is assaulted on a downtown street
7. A bathroom in a school is vandalized
8. The back door of the U.S. Capitol building is vandalized
9. California sues Nevada over Lake Tahoe pollution
10. A businesswoman files for bankruptcy
11. A man is caught shoplifting
12. A 10-year-old thinks the law is unfair to lock him up in jail
13. A young woman and her mother get a deportation heading because they have
overstayed their tourist visas.
Nadia and Naxmin Habib
15. Ralph Lauren wants the U.S. Polo Association to stop using a trademark
similar to his.
ANSWERS
1. A criminal robs a man on the street.
1. A criminal robs a man on the street.
State court
2. Timothy McVeigh blows up the federal courthouse in Oklahoma City.
19
April 19, 1995
2. Timothy McVeigh blows up the federal courthouse in Oklahoma City.
20
Federal court
Federal workers killed
on the job.
April 19, 1995
3. A man sells drugs.
3. A man sells drugs.
State court
4. Two people of different races cannot marry
Loving v. Virginia
4. Two people of different races cannot marry
Loving v. Virginia
Federal court
Constitutional Issue:
(equal protection under the law)
5. Men and women are treated differently when asking to look after
the affairs of their deceased son.
Reed v. Reed
5. Men and women are treated differently when asking to look after
the affairs of their deceased son.
Reed v. Reed
Federal court
Constitutional Issue:
(equal protection under the law)
6 .A man is assaulted on a downtown street
6. A man is assaulted on a downtown street
State court
7. A bathroom in a school is vandalized
7. A bathroom in a school is vandalized
State court
8. The back door of the U.S. Capitol building is vandalized
8. The back door of the U.S. Capitol building is vandalized
Federal court
Crime on Federal property
9. California sues Nevada over Lake Tahoe pollution
9. California sues Nevada over Lake Tahoe pollution
Federal court
State versus State
10. A businesswoman files for bankruptcy
10. A businesswoman files for bankruptcy
Federal court
bankruptcy
11. A man is caught shoplifting
11. A man is caught shoplifting
State court
12. A 10-year-old thinks the law is unfair to lock him up in jail
12. A 10-year-old thinks the law is unfair to lock him up in jail
Federal court
Constitutional Issue:
(cruel and unusual punishment)
13. A young woman and her mother get a deportation heading because they have
overstayed their tourist visas.
Nadia and Naxmin Habib
13. A young woman and her mother get a deportation heading because they have
overstayed their tourist visas.
Nadia and Naxmin Habib
Federal court
Immigration
15. Ralph Lauren wants the U.S. Polo Association to stop using a trademark
similar to his.
15. Ralph Lauren wants the U.S. Polo Association to stop using a trademark
similar to his.
Federal court
Trademark case