CH. 8 : The Judicial Branch

The area of jurisdiction of a federal court of appeals

• District Court

• Appeals Court

• Circuit

• Appellate Jurisdiction

A court's authority to hear and decide cases

• Remand

• Judicial Review

• Docket

• Jurisdiction

Authority of only federal courts to hear and decide cases

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

Federal court where trials are held and lawsuits are begun

• District Court

• Appeals Court

• Circuit

• Jurisdiction

The authority to hear cases for the first time

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

A court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts

• Appeals Court

• Circuit

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Docket

The authority of a court to hear a case appealed from a lower court

• Exclusive Jurisdiction

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

To send a case back to a lower court to be tried again

• Brief

• Judicial Review

• Remand

• Opinion

A detailed explanation of the legal thinking behind a court's decision in a case

• Opinion

• Brief

• Docket

• Remand

A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case

• Remand

• Opinion

• Brief

• Precedent