an application or proceeding for review by a higher court
What is appeal
100
Court located in a specific district
What is Circuit court?
100
Principle of law that applies to everyone, even those who govern
What is rule of law?
100
According to this Supreme Court decision, poor defendants in criminal cases have the right to a court-appointed attorney.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
100
In this case, the students were allowed to wear armbands because it is protected by the first Amendment of the United States Constitution.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District?
200
The least serious type of crime; minor crime for which a person can be fined a small sum of money or jailed for up to one year
What is misdemeanor?
200
The person in a civil case who is said to have caused the harm; the person who is being sued
What is defendant?
200
Type of court in which a party who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it
What is appellate court?
200
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the School District in this case which gives school officials the right to censor articles in the student newspaper or limit speech that interferes with the school’s educational mission.
What is Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier?
300
Court case in which one party in a dispute claims to have been harmed in some way by the other
What is civil case?
300
Wrongful act, other than breaking a contract, for which an injured party has the right to sue
What is tort?
300
Court case in which someone has broken the law
What is criminal case?
300
According to this Supreme Court decision, racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
During this case, a juvenile was denied the right of due process
What is In Re Gault?
400
portion of the law that protects us as Americans, it protects our Civil Rights and our Right to Freedom.
What is constitutional law?
400
the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated ( distinguished from appellate division)
What is trial court?
400
court located in a particular state county
What is County Court?
400
The Supreme Court decision in this case made it clear that the president is not above the law.
What is United States v. Nixon?
400
The outcome of _____________________ upheld the separate but equal doctrine, that separate facilities for blacks and whites satisfied the Fourteenth (14th) Amendment as long as they are “equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
500
The person in a civil case who claims to have been harmed; person who files a lawsuit
What is plaintiff?
500
the federal trial court sitting in each district of the United States
What is District Court?
500
body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
What is military law?
500
A type of crime more serious than a misdemeanor, such as murder, kidnapping or robbery
What is felony?
500
During the 2000 presidential election the state of Florida was required to manually recount the disputed votes. These votes determined which candidate won Florida’s electoral votes and would ultimately win the election. What is the supreme court case