Small Claims Court Advantages

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3. List three advantages of taking a case to small claims court.
- Inexpensive, the filling fee is lower than in regular civil court and don’t have to pay a process serve the complaint.
- Quick, you get a hearing after you file your small claim and your case will be decide either immediately after the hearing or within a few weeks.
- You do not need a lawyer in small claims court.The process is designed to make it easy for people to represent themselves.
4. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the equal protection of the law to all persons. What is the meaning of the phrase equal protection? No state shall make or enforce ant law which shall abridge the privileges of immunity of citizens of the United States.No state shall deprive any person

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