Court Must Poll Jurors
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Civil Procedure1
Example wrong choices
17273_rule49b_christian_bookstore · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice AThe court must dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Why it's attractive
The stem gives a verdict-answer procedure problem, not a jurisdiction problem.
Why it's wrong
The stem gives a verdict-answer procedure problem, not a jurisdiction problem.
17273_rule49b_christian_bookstore · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice BThe court must always enter judgment on the general verdict and ignore the written answers.
Why it's attractive
'Must always' turns a discretionary menu into an automatic rule.
Why it's wrong
'Must always' turns a discretionary menu into an automatic rule.
17273_rule49b_christian_bookstore · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice DThe court must question each juror individually and then choose the answer most jurors prefer.
Why it's attractive
The answer invents a polling step that the rule does not require.
Why it's wrong
The answer invents a polling step that the rule does not require.
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