Chapter 8 Vocab Review

the area of jurisdiction of a federal court of appeals (Pennsylvania is #3)

• precedent

• circuit

• docket

• county

the authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases

• concurrent jurisdiction

• unanimous jurisdiction

• exclusive jurisdiction

This is the lowest level of the federal courts

• district court

• appeals court

• Supreme Court

What is it called when you send a case back to a lower court to be tried again

• opinion

• remand

• brief

• stare decisis

the court’s authority to hear and decide cases is known as

• jurisdiction

• opinion

• judicial review

• docket

Unanimous Opinion

• a statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion, presenting his or her opinion

• the authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court

• the Supreme Court rules on a case in which all justices agree on the ruling

• a statement written by a justice who votes with the majority, but for different reasons

Constitutional means

• something that goes against the Constitution

• In accordance with the Constitution

• a change from the Articles of Confederation

a detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind the courts decision in a case

• stare decisis

• docket

• brief

• opinion

a statement that presents the views of the majority of Supreme Court justices regarding a case

• unanimous decision

• majority opinion

• dissenting opinion

• concurring opinion

The Appeals Court (select both the correct answers)

• a court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts

• the highest court in the federal government

• they have the option of picking and choosing the court cases they hear

• the middle court in the federal government