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CLEP US Government

Category - Courts

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If ordinary citizen Kane wanted to sue the New York Times for libel, which court should he start with?
  1. The New York State Supreme Court
  2. The US Supreme Court
  3. The US District Court
  4. The US court of Appeals
  5. Traffic Court
Explanation
Answer: C - Almost all federal lawsuits are supposed to start in US District Court. Citizen Kane could have also initiated the suit in a state court, but he couldn’t start with the state supreme court. Most plaintiffs in a case like this will decide on state or federal court based on the strengths and weaknesses of their specific cases.
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