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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Sept 7, 2023 12:03:52 GMT -8
I don't have a license in Oregon or Washington, but I have a license in Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. I have done some very minor work in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and one of the Dakotas. (It was like North Dakota, right on the border with South Dakota or South Dakota, right on the border with Nebraska, and I forget which. The case never really went anywhere.) I am licensed to practice in the Federal Court in Arizona and Utah......maybe. I forget if I let the Utah Federal license lapse a couple of years back or not. (Utah seems to have a bunch of extra hoops to jump through to both get and stayed barred that Arizona and Colorado do not. Also, they have Pioneer Day, which seems to cause issues every time that I have a case up there.) The rules for practicing in front of the federal bench in each jurisdiction vary a bit. Who or what are the Defendants? What is your cause of action? I don't think that there is diversity, because Oregon and Washington are in the same state as Oregon State and Wazzu, respectively. So, the Federal courts should not have jurisdiction unless there is a Federal question. The Pac-12 Charter or some other agreement should state where jurisdiction lies, if there is litigation. It should also state the choice of law. I really don't know how the rules work up there, but if it's anything like Arizona, Colorado, or Utah, I would just go ahead and file in Benton County or Whitman County and make the Defendants argue about why it should be somewhere else. I have found it is very difficult to transfer a case to another state after it has been filed in the first state, unless you can get it into the Federal courts somehow. (Then, it is remarkably easy to move things from say Arizona to California or South Carolina.) And surely judges from those two counties would be sympathetic to the major colleges in their counties. Juries and their (usually) elected judge. Yes, you would imagine that they would be pro-Oregon State and pro-Wazzu. |
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Post by obf on Sept 7, 2023 13:26:02 GMT -8
And surely judges from those two counties would be sympathetic to the major colleges in their counties. Juries and their (usually) elected judge. Yes, you would imagine that they would be pro-Oregon State and pro-Wazzu. Litigation like this wouldn't have a Jury... would it?? |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Sept 7, 2023 14:11:44 GMT -8
Juries and their (usually) elected judge. Yes, you would imagine that they would be pro-Oregon State and pro-Wazzu. Litigation like this wouldn't have a Jury...would it?? I guess that it would be very contractually-based, so you are probably right. I have a tough time wrapping my mind around what the lawsuit would actually be about. |
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