Intro to the Court System
What are the categories of the U.S Court System
What are: State Court
Small Claims Court
U. S District Court
What is the term to describe the control or authority that the court has over someone or something that
What is: Jurisdiction
Court systems are established by?
What are: Government Agencies
What is the name of the court that serves areas consisting of three to nine states known as circuits
What is the: Court of Appeals
Who is the party that initiates a lawsuit against a person or organization
What is a; Plaintiff
What type of legal error describes facts that are considered incorrect error by law in a court proceeding
What is: Prejudicial Error
How many Federal Court of Appeal are there in the US
What is: 12
The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and how many associate Justices?
What is: 8
What is the term to describe the transferring of a case from a lower court to a higher court?
What is an: Appeal
The legal term that grants property rights to an Inventor
What is a: Patent
What are cases are not handled in Small Claims court or State district Courts?
What are: Divorce Proceedings
A trait that DOES NOT describe the Chief Justice.
What is: They do not Represent the Jury to the Judge
A series of formal, written statements in which plaintiff and defendant both state claims for the defense regarding the matter being disputed
What is: Pleading
The highest Court in the U.S Federal Court System
What is: The U.S. Supreme Court
The attorney who is hired to represent the interest of the people / plaintiff's
What is the: Prosecutor
Brown v Board of education pertained to this?
What is: Segregation in Schools
The jury's final decision is referred to as what?
What is the: Verdict
What is the name of the case involving a family suing a school system saying segregation of schools was unfair and was hurting children
What is: Brown V Board of Education.
Which courts decide more than 95% of the nations's legal cases?
What are: State Courts
What Supreme Court Case involves the right to free speech?
What is Tinker v Des Moines Iowa