DJLS Jeopardy!

Supreme Court

100

The Supreme Court traditionally opens with this announcement

What is, "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!"

200

This landmark case ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

What is Loving v. Virginia?

300

This opinion is written by a judge who disagrees with the majority opinion in a case

What is a dissenting opinion?

400

This Justice presided over the landmark case Marbury v. Madison, which established judicial review

Who is John Marshall?

500

Despite the Supreme Court's nickname as the "Highest Court in the Land," this type of court sits on the fifth floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building

What is a basketball court?

Litigation

100

These are the first documents filed in a lawsuit

What are pleadings?

200

This procedure involves taking oral testimony of a witness out of court

What is deposition?

300

This type of evidence proves a fact without any inference or interpretation (e.g. eyewitness testimony, photographs, documents)

What is direct evidence?

400

This is the burden of proof required for a criminal conviction

What is beyond a reasonable doubt?

500

In Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaraunts, Liebeck's attorney accused McDonald's of this specific civil wrong

What is gross negligence?

Law on the Silver Screen

100

This 1997 Jim Carrey comedy follows a lawyer who can only speak the truth for 24 hours

What is Liar Liar?

200

Played by Gregory Peck, this attorney from Alabama represents an African American man charged with rape

Who is Atticus Finch?

300

This 2023 drama follows a woman accused of murdering her husband and their troubled relationship

What is Anatomy of a Fall?

400

This 1957 drama follows the jury deliberation of a murder trial

What is Twelve Angry Men?

500

Elle Woods majored in this subject during undergrad

What is fashion merchandising?

Latin in Law

100

This doctrine determines judicial precedent—how courts should follow previous rulings when deciding similar cases

What is stare decisis?

200

This type of brief translates to "friend of the court"

What is an amicus curiae brief?

300

This legal procedure allows a person to challenge the legality of their imprisonment 

What is a writ of habeas corpus?

400

This process determines whether prospective jurors are suitable to serve on the final jury panel

What is voir dire?

500

This order from a higher court to a lower court sends up the record of a case for review

What is a writ of certiorari?