Jurisidiction
Court Case Terms
Judges
District and Appeals Courts
Reaching the Supreme Court
100
The authority of a court to hear a case
What is Jurisidiction?
100
The person who files suit
What is Plaintiff?
100
Federal judges are nominated by the
What is President?
100
Number of federal district judges
What is 632?
100
At least four judges must agree that the Court should hear a case before that case is selected for the Court's docket
What is "The rule of four"?
200
Cases only heard in federal courts
What is Exclusive Jurisdiction?
200
Ther person whom the complaint is against
What is Defendant?
200
And confirmed by the
What is Senate?
200
Each Stated forms at least one
What is Judicial district?
200
An order made by the Supreme Court to a lower court, requesting the records of a particular trial for its review
What is Writ of Certiorari?
300
Federal and states both have power to hear cases
What is Concurrent Jurisdiction?
300
Where the defendant is tried for committing some action that congress has declared by law to be a federal crime
What is Criminal Case?
300
Federal constitutional judges are appointed for
What is life?
300
U.S. District Courts hear both
What is Civil and Criminal Case?
300
The vast majority of cases come from
What is State courts?
400
The court in which a case is first heard
What is Original Jurisdiction?
400
Noncriminal matter such as dispute over terms of a contract or infringement
What is Civil Case
400
Judges may be removed only through the
What is impeachment process?
400
U.S. Court of appeals were created in 1891 as
What is gatekeepers?
400
Some cases are sent to the Supreme Court by
What is Certificate?
500
A court that hears a case on appeal from a lower court
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
500
Lists of cases to be heard
What is Docket?
500
Sets Judicial salaries and benefits
What is Congress?
500
Courts are regional and usually hear appeals from courts within their circuits, sitting in panels of three
What is Appellate?
500
Acceptance by certificate is
What is Extremely rare?
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