Frontier Airlines, which is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, wants to expand its international flights in the Caribbean. It has an opportunity to run flights from Miami into Aruba, which is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

QUESTION #1: (1 points)

What type of legal system does Aruba have?

QUESTION #2: (3 points)

What types of laws must Frontier Airlines follow if it offers flights from the United States to Aruba?

QUESTION #3: (3 points)

Name three US federal administrative agencies that regulate parts of Frontier's business. What are the agencies and what do they regulate? (Note: there are many more than three. You do not need to identify all of them to receive full credit for this question.)

QUESTION #4: (3 points)

If a passenger is injured while on a flight from Miami to Aruba, where can the passenger sue Frontier? What court would you recommend and why?

Hypothetical #2:

To encourage consumers to "buy local," Montana imposes a transport fee on any products brought into the state for sale to Montana consumers. Upset about the fee, Wyoming merchants sue Montana to get the law imposing the fee struck down.

QUESTION #5: (1 point)

What court should the Wyoming merchants file their lawsuit in?

QUESTION #6: (1 point)

What cause of action (i.e. legal claim) should the Wyoming merchants raise?

QUESTION #7: (3 points)

What legal arguments should the merchants make to support the cause of action in Question #6? In other words, how is Montana violating the law?

QUESTION #8: (3 points)

Who is most likely to win: Montana or the Wyoming merchants? Why? Explain your reasoning to receive full credit.

QUESTION #9: (2 points)

If Montana called the transport fee a "tax," would that change the outcome of your analysis? Why or why not?