Federal and State Court System Quiz

Which federal and state courts have a jury?

• County and Circuit court

• U.S.District court and Florida District Court of Appeal

• U.S. District Court and Florida circuit court

• U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Florida Supreme Court

If you are not happy with the out come of your case at the U.S. District court level what can you do next?

• Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Appeal to the Florida Supreme Court

• Appeal to the Florida district of Appeals

• Appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

How is a trial court different from an appeals court?

• An appellate court has a jury

• An appellate court reviews a case from a previous court's decisions to determine if any mistakes were made in the case.

• An appellate court hears new evidence in your case

• An appellate court will retry your case

If two states have a disagreement, and they go to court, who has jurisdiction over the case?

• County Court

• Florida Suprem Court

• U.S.District Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

When you hear "supreme" in the U.S. Supreme Court, what do you think this word means?

• The Supreme Court has authority over both Congress and the President

• The Supreme Court makes all of the laws in the land.

• This court is the best court in the nation

• This court has authority over all the other courts in the U.S.

Florida has "limited jurisdiction" over court cases.

• True

• False

There are three levels of courts in the Florida court system and 4 levels of courts in the federal court system.

• True

• False

Florida judges are appointed or elected, while federal Court judges are appointed because of the record for winning trial court cases.

• True

• False

The U.S. Supreme court can issue opinions that "advise" (make suggestions) to Congress, while the Florida Supreme does not have this ability

• True

• False

If you move to Tampa, but have an argument over rent that is less than 15,000 in Jacksonville which court will you seek help in this civil case.

• Florida County Court

• Florida Sumprem Court

• Florida District Court of Appeals

• Florida Circuit Court