Answer:
Yes, if California court have a long-arm statute.
Explanation:
In the context, Shirley Jones who is an entertainer files a lawsuit against a news agency, named the National Enquirer Inc. for invasion of privacy, defamation and infliction of emotional distress in the court of California.
The National Enquirer Inc. has its main business place at Florida while Shirley Jones is a resident of California. But The National Enquirer circulates about 600,000 copies of its national weekly in California.
Now, according to the Supreme Court, if a court has a long-arm statute, which refers to the jurisdiction of a court over a non resident or an defendant of an out-of-state corporation. Any state are allowed to perform this jurisdiction, if the government or the state can proved or show that the defendant have some at least minimum connection with the forum state.
Answer:
Federal District Court
Explanation:
The first case would likely start in the Federal District Court and could be appealed to the State Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court. As seen in <em>Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. </em>the school district which suspended a girl for vulgar speech off school grounds started their case in the federal court of Middle District of Pennsylvania and eventually appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.
Edit: <em>Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. </em>did not appeal to the State Supreme Court likely because the First Amendment is a federal law and not state law.
Answer:
it is a test of strict scrutiny
Explanation:
