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Wrong Jurisdiction

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 3 active questions. 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 Procedure2
  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 18294_desert_oasis_devotionals · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice DYes, because both the camp and the carrier are citizens of the same state.

    Why it's wrong

    Choice D is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 18357_journaling_receipts · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because Naomi was not questioned in a police station.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice invents a location requirement.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice invents a location requirement.

  • 22863_worship_leader_tortious_interference · CIVIL_PROCEDURE · Choice DYes, because Margaret's estate contained property located in several different states.

    Why it's attractive

    The geographic location of estate property does not create federal subject matter jurisdiction.

    Why it's wrong

    The geographic location of estate property does not create federal subject matter jurisdiction.

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