You want to sue the gasoline refinery that sits next to your farm in Doraville, Georgia. Its waste leaks into the stream behind your home and your dog drank out of the stream last week and died. It was determined that the chemical spills from the plant that poisoned your dog violate a federal pollution law. You want to sue for $40,000 of the loss of your precious dog. Can this case be heard in federal court

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Madalyn

13 November, 18:39

You want to sue the gasoline refinery that sits next to your farm in Doraville, Georgia. Its waste leaks into the stream behind your home and your dog drank out of the stream last week and died. It was determined that the chemical spills from the plant that poisoned your dog violate a federal pollution law. You want to sue for $40,000 of the loss of your precious dog. Can this case be heard in federal court

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Anabella Walker · Answer 1

Yes, it can be heard in a federal court.

Explanation:

A court is a place in which people are charged and determined if they are guilty or innocent the court is also a place to settle dispute or disagreement between two or more parties (a place to settle criminal and civil legal cases).

There are legal cases that only should be heard at a state level or state courts and some that are needed to be heard at the federal court. This depend on several factors or reasons to be heard whether in state courts or at the federal courts.

The cases in the question can be heard in the federal court since the law concerning pollution has jurisdiction over federal Court.