Exclusive jurisdiction clauses try to determine in advance where a lawsuit will be brought, perhaps out of convenience or because that forum is particularly desirable for one or both parties. For example, in marijuana business contracts in CO, the state courts of CO are often selected as an exclusive jurisdiction to avoid illegality arguments.

2022年7月28日 · This doesn't actually divest the U.S. courts of jurisdiction over the case, but does mean that if you bring the case in a U.S. court in circumstances where there is no reason that the clause isn't valid and applicable, that your case will be promptly dismissed, possibly with an award of attorney fees and costs against you for trying to evade a ...

2024年8月27日 · 28 U.S.C. § 2109 does not expressly address the question of what the U.S. Supreme Court should do if there is a lack of a quorum in a case in its original jurisdiction. The only situation where the application of these rules would really be problematic would be in a case where the U.S. Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction.

2021年8月9日 · The Parties hereby irrevocably attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Québec, judicial District of Montreal, with respect to any matters arising pursuant hereto. The language above is a choice of forum clause, a.k.a. choice of jurisdiction clause, a.k.a. choice of venue clause.

2023年4月10日 · In brief, there is often exclusive tribal jurisdiction when the alleged offence has an Indian accused and Indian victim. For a listed set of major crimes, jurisdiction is exclusively federal (except in states where that jurisdiction has been granted to the states), even if incorporating as federal law the state's definitions of particular crimes.

2018年10月31日 · In the case of United States vs Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 (1898) (a 6-2 decision), the Supreme Court wrote: [T]he real object of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, in qualifying the words, "All persons born in the United States" by the addition "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," would appear to have been to exclude, by the fewest and …

2023年11月27日 · But, if the landlord-tenant lawsuit was brought in state court, it would not bar a future copyright lawsuit between the landlord and the tenant that could have been brought at the time of the security deposit lawsuit, because copyright cases are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts and couldn't have been brought in that lawsuit.

2024年1月30日 · State courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the federal courts to determine whether or not someone is a U.S. citizen, pursuant to federal law, at any given time. Indeed, with some very narrow exceptions, such as those related to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court and related to intellectual property, state courts have ...

2022年5月23日 · DISPUTES Any dispute or claim relating in any way to your use of any Amazon Service will be adjudicated in the state or Federal courts in King County, Washington, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in these courts. We each waive any right to a jury trial.

2023年6月9日 · If murder is committed within the borders of a state, that state has jurisdiction, and in a similar way, if the crime is committed in the District of Columbia, the D.C. Superior Court (the equivalent of a state court in the District) retains jurisdiction, though in some cases involving U.S. government property or personnel, the federal courts ...