Analyze and explain/justify your rationale: which court has jurisdiction to hear the case, and why?


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Analyze and explain/justify your rationale: which court has jurisdiction to hear the case, and why?


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Scenario:Rubin owns and operates a florist business, Flower World, Inc., (Flower) from a shop in his Ohio hometown. Flower advertises and sells in Ohio from the shop, and advertises and sells over the Internet. Using Flower’s website and her credit card, onApril 5, Louise purchased $5,000 worth of live wedding flowers from her home in Dallas, Texas. She requested the flowers to be shipped to a hotel in Indiana, the site of the wedding, onApril 15. The flowers arrived onApril 14, the day before the wedding, but Louise claimed they were withered and unusable.

Louise sued Flower in a Texas court to recover her $5,000. Rubin, on behalf of Flower, filed a motion to dismiss claiming the Texas court has no jurisdiction.

A. Analyze and explain/justify your rationale: which court has jurisdiction to hear the case, and why?

B. What is the legal basis for the court’s jurisdiction over Flower (i.e.,what type of jurisdiction exists over Flower)?

C. Would you advise Rubin to use ADR or go to court to resolve this dispute? Why or why not? If you advise ADR, which type of ADR would you recommend and why?