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UBE | Piercing the Corporate Veil | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...-ego liability against the sole member of an LLC. The creditor's only evidence is that the LLC never held annual member meetings. The operating agreement does not require meetings. Which statement is most accurate? This...
Citations: Model Business Corporation Act and common-law veil-piercing principles, Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act and common-law alter-ego principles
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UBE | Summary Judgment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A defendant's summary-judgment motion cites record evidence that the plaintiff missed a contractual notice deadline. The plaintiff's response does not address the notice deadline at all and cites no contrary evidence. Wh...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e)
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UBE | Summary Judgment | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A defendant's summary-judgment motion cites record evidence that the plaintiff missed a contractual notice deadline. The plaintiff's response does not address the notice deadline at all and cites no contrary evidence. Wh...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e)
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UBE | Exclusionary Rule | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A grand jury hears evidence that would likely be suppressed from the prosecution's case-in-chief at a later criminal trial. The target asks the court to exclude the evidence from the grand jury. What is the best answer?...
Citations: United States v. Calandra
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UBE | Other Acts | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A plaintiff in a civil battery case offers evidence that the defendant has started bar fights every Friday night for years. Plaintiff calls it habit evidence. The proof is offered to show defendant likely started this fi...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), Federal Rule of Evidence 105
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UBE | Other Acts | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
In a criminal sexual-assault prosecution, the government offers evidence that the defendant committed another sexual assault two years earlier. Defendant objects that propensity evidence is always barred. Which statement...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), Federal Rule of Evidence 105
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UBE | Authentication | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...of white powder. An officer testifies that he sealed the powder in an evidence bag with the case number. A chemist testifies that she received a sealed bag with that number, tested it, and resealed it. The evidence clerk...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 901(a)
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UBE | Other Acts | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
The prosecution offers other-act evidence for motive. The prior act is graphic, only weakly connected to the charged offense, and the same motive can be shown through neutral text messages. What is the best defense argum...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), Federal Rule of Evidence 105
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UBE | Venue | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
A case is filed in a proper federal venue, but most witnesses and evidence are located in another federal district where the case could have been brought. Which statute is the ordinary basis for transfer? The correct ans...
Citations: 28 U.S.C. 1404(a)
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UBE | Venue | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
A case is filed in a proper federal venue, but most witnesses and evidence are located in another federal district where the case could have been brought. Which statute is the ordinary basis for transfer? The correct ans...
Citations: 28 U.S.C. 1404(a)
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UBE | Character Evidence | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A criminal defendant properly offers evidence of his peaceful character. Defense counsel asks the character witness on direct examination to describe five prior times the defendant avoided fights. The prosecution objects...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 405(a)
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UBE | Other Acts | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A defendant is charged with bank robbery. The prosecutor offers evidence that Defendant robbed a grocery store ten years earlier and argues, "He is a robber, so he probably robbed this bank." Which objection is strongest...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b), Federal Rule of Evidence 105
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UBE | Exclusionary Rule | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A magistrate issues a warrant based on an affidavit stating only, "Evidence is probably inside the house." The affidavit gives no facts tying the house to a crime. Which statement is most accurate? This MCQ tests limits...
Citations: United States v. Leon
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UBE | Relevance | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A party offers evidence that depends on a long chain of inferences: a witness saw a blue car near a city, defendant once rented a blue car in another state, and therefore defendant was at the scene. Several key links are...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 401, Federal Rule of Evidence 402, Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 104(b)
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UBE | Best Evidence | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
...igned promissory note. The defendant admits signing a note but offers evidence that the photocopy may have been altered to add a higher interest rate after signing. The original is available but not produced. What is the...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 1003
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UBE | Relevance | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
A plaintiff offers evidence that a store changed its checkout layout after the plaintiff fell. The plaintiff offers it only to prove the store was negligent before the fall. Which response best identifies the issue? The...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 401, Federal Rule of Evidence 402, Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 104(b)
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UBE | Relevance | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Hard
A prosecutor offers evidence that the defendant owned the same rare tool used in a burglary. The defense says thousands of people own tools, so the evidence is weak. What is the best relevance analysis? Exclude it becaus...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 401, Federal Rule of Evidence 402, Federal Rule of Evidence 403, Federal Rule of Evidence 104(b)
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UBE | Warrants and Exceptions | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...s police to search "all places owned or used by the suspect and seize evidence of crime." The affidavit describes probable cause only for stolen tablets inside 12 Elm Street. Police use the warrant to search the suspect'...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. IV
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UBE | Exclusionary Rule | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
...ntry, officers learn the location of a storage locker and later seize evidence from that locker. The defendant argues that the locker evidence is derivative evidence. Which statement is most accurate? This MCQ tests deri...
Citations: Wong Sun v. United States
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UBE | Trial Motions | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
...r trial, the losing party moves for a new trial based on exclusion of evidence that was cumulative of several admitted exhibits and testimony.Which statement best describes the harmless-error rule? This question tests ha...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 61
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UBE | Trial Motions | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Easy
...r trial, the losing party moves for a new trial based on exclusion of evidence that was cumulative of several admitted exhibits and testimony.Which statement best describes the harmless-error rule? This question tests ha...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 61
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UBE | Hearsay | ESSAY
Hard
...ud after purchasing a used delivery van. Buyer offers three pieces of evidence: a mechanic's email to Seller before the sale saying, "The odometer has been rolled back"; a photo showing Seller placing black tape over the...
Citations: Federal Rule of Evidence 801(a), Federal Rule of Evidence 801(b), Federal Rule of Evidence 801(c), Federal Rule of Evidence 105
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UBE | Trial Motions | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
During a civil jury trial, counsel briefly refers to excluded evidence. The judge immediately sustains an objection and gives a clear curative instruction. The opposing party seeks a mistrial.Which statement is most accu...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 59, Fed. R. Civ. P. 61
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UBE | Trial Motions | MULTIPLE_CHOICE
Medium
During a civil jury trial, counsel briefly refers to excluded evidence. The judge immediately sustains an objection and gives a clear curative instruction. The opposing party seeks a mistrial.Which statement is most accu...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 59, Fed. R. Civ. P. 61