American Government Topic 7 Test Review

appellate jurisdiction

• court power to review lower court decisions

• when only a federal court can hear a case

• person against whom a complaint is made

• power shared by federal and state courts

concurrent jurisdiction

• court power to review lower court decisions

• when only a federal court can hear a case

• person against whom a complaint is made

• power shared by federal and state courts

defendant

• power shared by federal and state courts

• person who files a suit

• person against whom a complaint is made

• when only a federal court can hear a case

exclusive jurisdiction

• court power to review lower court decisions

• when only a federal court can hear a case

• person against whom a complaint is made

• when only a federal court can hear a case

plaintiff

• judicial decision that stands as an example

• when only a federal court can hear a case

• person who files a suit

• person against whom a complaint is made

precedent

• judicial decision that stands as an example

• power shared by federal and state courts

• person who files a suit

• court power to review lower court decisions

district court

• federal court in every state

• a federal case in which a law was broken

• power shared by federal and state courts

• when only a federal court can hear a case

criminal case

• when only a federal court can hear a case

• federal court in every state

• a federal case in which a law was broken

• person who files a suit

"[Congress can] make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory . . . belonging to the United States. . . .”

Under this act, a case involving a contractor based in Washington, D.C., disputing building regulations in the U.S. Virgin Islands would come under the jurisdiction of which of the following?

• the United States Tax Court

• the territorial courts

• the District of Columbia Courts

• the United States Supreme Court

“The trial of a person charged with a federal crime, or a suit involving the infringement of a patent or a copyright, or one involving any other matter arising out of an act of Congress is . . . within the . . . jurisdiction of the federal courts."

In a patent case being heard for the first time, this is an example of

• concurrent jurisdiction.

• exclusive jurisdiction.

• appellate jurisdiction.

• local jurisdiction.