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Question 1

Unlike the federal courts, which use notice pleading under FRCP 8, what pleading standard governs civil complaints filed in the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas?

Fact pleading, requiring a short and plain statement of the facts showing entitlement to relief Notice pleading identical to the Federal Rules Code pleading requiring election of a single legal theory before trial Verified pleading requiring all complaints to be signed under oath

Correct Answer:

Fact pleading, requiring a short and plain statement of the facts showing entitlement to relief

Question 2

A defendant is personally served with a summons and complaint in a South Carolina Court of Common Pleas action. Under the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, how long does the defendant generally have to serve an answer?

20 days after service of the complaint 30 days after service of the complaint 21 days after service of the complaint 60 days after service of the complaint

Correct Answer:

30 days after service of the complaint

Question 3

A plaintiff wishes to sue for breach of a service contract seeking $6,800 in damages. Which South Carolina trial court has subject-matter jurisdiction to hear this purely money claim at the lowest level?

The Court of Common Pleas, which has exclusive jurisdiction over all contract actions The probate court, because it involves a written instrument The magistrate's court, because the amount in controversy does not exceed $7,500 The Court of Appeals, as a court of original jurisdiction

Correct Answer:

The magistrate's court, because the amount in controversy does not exceed $7,500

Question 4

In a federal diversity action filed in the District of South Carolina, the court must decide whether to apply state or federal law to a question of the burden of proof. Under the Erie doctrine, which law governs?

Federal law, because burden of proof is procedural Whichever law the parties stipulate to in the pretrial order Federal common law developed for diversity cases South Carolina substantive law, because allocation of the burden of proof is outcome-determinative

Correct Answer:

South Carolina substantive law, because allocation of the burden of proof is outcome-determinative

Question 5

A California corporation with its principal place of business in California is sued in federal court in South Carolina by a South Carolina citizen seeking $90,000. The corporation has no contacts with South Carolina. What is the most accurate statement about jurisdiction?

Subject-matter jurisdiction exists, but the court lacks personal jurisdiction absent minimum contacts with South Carolina Subject-matter jurisdiction is proper because the parties are diverse and the amount exceeds $75,000 The court has both subject-matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over the corporation Neither subject-matter nor personal jurisdiction exists

Correct Answer:

Subject-matter jurisdiction exists, but the court lacks personal jurisdiction absent minimum contacts with South Carolina

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