BUS 115 Chapter 3 Disputes & Dispute Settlement

It is a civil case when the ______ party begins the lawsuit.

• judge
• plaintiff
• defendant
• prosecutor

A process in which a third party selected by the disputants helps the parties to voluntarily resolve their disagreement is known as:

• Remediation
• Settlement
• Mediation
• Arbitration

________ is someone who represents themselves.

• Joinder
• Pro se litigants
• defendant
• Counterplaintiff

A party losing an appeal at the circuit court level can appeal one more time to the U.S. Supreme Court for review, but given the extremely small odds of that appeal being granted, most federal litigation ends at the U.S. circuit court level.

• True
• False

Well over ______ of cases are resolved or settled before trial in civil litigation.

• 0.8
• 0.7
• 0.25
• 0.9

All of the following are included in forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) except:

• Arbitration
• Negotiation
• Litigation
• Mediation

A federal court will never hear a case involving a state law.

• True
• False

The process of selecting a petit jury is called __________

• voir dire
• jury selection
• stare decisis
• grand jury

Roger and Larry are having a dispute regarding their joint business. They want to have a binding resolution to their dispute, but they would prefer to have the dispute handled privately and by someone with special expertise. The best form of dispute resolution for their problem would be:

• mediation
• arbitration
• Litigation
• summary jury trial

The burden of proof in a civil trial is to prove a case _______________________. The burden of proof rests with the __________________________.

• beyond a reasonable doubt: plaintiff
• beyond a reasonable doubt; defendant
• by a preponderance of the evidence; plaintiff
• by a preponderance of the evidence; defendant