_____ matter jurisdiction refers to the particular type of case that can be heard by a court.
Either party to a lawsuit can file a motion for _____ judgment after discovery.
Assumption of ____ was a defense raised in the Savino v. Robertson case.
A civil trial that is heard only by a judge (no jury) is called a ____ trial.
The formal legal document that lists the legal claims of the plaintiff and is filed with a court to commence a litigation.
The federal ________ identifies the fundamental rights of citizens of the U.S. and delineates limits on the government’s ability to interfere with those rights.
The U.S. Supreme Court consists of ___ (number) justices.
In Savino v. Robertson, the plaintiff asserted this type of legal claim against the defendant.
State laws that are inconsistent with the state or federal constitutions are invalid and _____.
The role of the judicial branch is to interpret the Constitution and _____.
The three branches of federal government in the US are _____, legislative, and judicial.
Courts give tremendous _____ to sports organizations to govern their own affairs and to create and enforce their own rules.
____ decisis is a legal doctrine that means a court must follow earlier judicial decisions when the same issues arise again in litigation.
The case _____ is a tool used by law students (and soon by you) to organize the information in a court's decision.
The name of the plaintiff in the "seminal case" on negligence, which was relied on by the court in Savino v. Robertson.
The right of either party in a litigation to contest the legal ruling made by a court.
A remedy at ___ is when a plaintiff asks the court for money damages.
The defendant in a lawsuit has the option of filing a motion to _____ in lieu of an answer at the beginning of the litigation.
This is the stage of litigation when parties are able to obtain information from each other.
Robertson argued that Savino was required to plead and prove willful and _____ conduct rather than ordinary negligence.