General Instructions for Learning Activities 1 & 2: Read all assigned materials listed for the week in Course Content. You should cite to these materials in your postings as well as specific articles materials, if any, listed below with each learning activity.
Post a separate reply for each learning activity. Label each learning activity with titles, “Learning Activity 1: [Your Name]” and “Learning Activity 2: [Your Name]”, respectively in each post subject line. It is necessary for you to label each Learning Activity in this manner for your grade to be recorded properly. Do not post your responses to both learning activities in the same post.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 1:
Due Thursday, May 21, 11:59 pm ET (late postings will not earn credit)
This learning activity focuses on jurisdiction and alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”)
Case Scenario: Ross owns and operates a florist business named Blossom World, Inc. (“Blossom”), from a shop in his Ohio hometown. Blossom advertises and sells in Ohio from the shop, and also advertises and sells over the internet. Using Blossom’s website, on May 5th, Louise purchased $50,000 worth of live wedding flowers using her credit card, from her home in Dallas, Texas. She requested the flowers to be shipped and delivered by May 15th to a hotel in Indiana, the site of the wedding. The flowers arrived on May 14th, the day before the wedding, but Louise claimed they were withered and unusable.
Louise sued Flowers in a Texas state court to recover her $50,000. Ross, on behalf of Blossom, filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that the Texas court lacks jurisdiction.
A. Which court(s) have jurisdiction to hear this case, and why?
B. What is the legal basis for the court’s jurisdiction over Flowers (i.e., what type of jurisdiction exists over Blossom World)?
C. If Louis had not yet filed suit, and Ross contacted you for advice, would you advise Ross to use ADR (if so, which type) or to go to court to resolve this dispute? State your rationale for your position.
Answer each question part in paragraph format using APA in text citations, from the assigned materials only. DO NOT use internet resources in your answer for this assignment (it is not necessary); all citations should refer to the assigned materials. Points are deducted for inadequate in text cites.
Remember to always provide justification/support for your position and explain your rationale for your conclusions.
Responses of merely a few sentences will not earn credit.
DISCUSSION 1:
Due Sunday, May 24, 11:59 pm ET
Respond to at least 1 other post for Learning Activity 1, interactively and substantively. Refer to Toolbox (click on Content in the toolbar) for info and specific examples of interactive, substantive responses to others. You will earn points for discussion only by responding substantively, interactively.
Remember to always provide justification/support for your position and explain your rationale for your conclusions.
Learning Activity 2:
Due Thursday, May 21, 11:59 pm ET (late postings will not earn credit)
This learning activity focuses on constitutional authority to regulate business and constitutional law concepts.
Case Scenario: City enacted a city zoning ordinance that barred outdoor advertising display signs – including billboards – on all public roads within the city limits. Billboards on-site on any public or private business location are exempt from this ordinance, and thus, permissible. City claimed that the ordinance was necessary to promote public traffic safety and aesthetics.
Max, Inc., a company in the business of leasing commercial billboards to advertisers, and the primary billboard provider in City, sued City alleging the zoning ordinance is unconstitutional.
A. You are an attorney representing either City or Max, Inc. State which side you represent, then explain you argument for why the jury should rule in your client’s favor regarding the constitutionality of the ordinance?
B. How would you advise City to revise the ordinance in a way likely to avoid potential constitutional violations?
Answer each question part in paragraph format using APA in text citations, from the assigned materials only. DO NOT use internet resources in your answer for this assignment (it is not necessary); all citations should refer to the assigned materials. Points are deducted for inadequate in text cites.
Remember to always provide justification/support for your position and explain your rationale for your conclusions.
Discussion 2:
Due Sunday, May 24, 11:59 pm ET
Respond to at least 1 other post for Learning Activity 2, interactively and substantively. Refer to Toolbox (click on Content in the toolbar) for info and specific examples of interactive, substantive responses to others. You will earn points for discussion only by responding substantively, interactively.
Remember to always provide justification/support for your position and explain your rationale for your conclusions.
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