Majority Citizenship Controls
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
22873_food-pantry-warehouse · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice AGrant the motion, because the State A pantries suffered the most damage.
Why it's attractive
The call asks about jurisdiction based on citizenship. This choice talks about damage. Different question — cut it.
Why it's wrong
The call asks about jurisdiction based on citizenship. This choice talks about damage. Different question — cut it.
22873_food-pantry-warehouse · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice BGrant the motion, because the majority of pantry locations are in State A.
Why it's attractive
This choice focuses on where most class members are from. But the Gold Key says only the named representatives' citizenship counts. Without that anchor, this looks right.
Why it's wrong
This choice focuses on where most class members are from. But the Gold Key says only the named representatives' citizenship counts. Without that anchor, this looks right.
22873_food-pantry-warehouse · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice DDeny the motion, because the food supplies were destined for pantries on both sides of the state line.
Why it's attractive
The call asks about party citizenship. This choice talks about where the goods were going. That's not a jurisdictional basis — cut it.
Why it's wrong
The call asks about party citizenship. This choice talks about where the goods were going. That's not a jurisdictional basis — cut it.
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