Judicial Branch

What are the courts above the trial court called?

• remanding courts

• appellate courts

• affirming courts

• panels

When the judge decides the trial courts decision can stand, this is...

• remand

• affirm

• reverse

• appeal

When the judge changes the decision this is...

• reverse

• appeal

• remand

• affirm

When the judge takes the case back to the trial court to start over, this is....

• affirm

• reverse

• appeal

• remand

What is it called when you ask an appellate court to review the case?

• affirm

• remand

• appeal

• reverse

Which court hears cases for the first time?

• appellate court

• trial court

• supreme court

Which court reviews trial court's decision for errors?

• appellate court

• trial court

• supreme court

Which court reviews the appellate court's decision?

• appellate court

• trial court

• supreme court

What is a panel?

• another word for a jury

• one judge

• a group of judges

• the attorneys in the case

How many justices are in the supreme court?

• 9

• 12

• 8

• the number varies