US Courts

Which of the following cases would the federal court system have original jurisdiction over? 

• disputes between two citizens of the same state 
• disputes between two states 
• violations of local ordinances 
• violation of state laws 

Read the Scenario in the graphic and answer the question.

• criminal court
• civil court
• family court
• appeals court

What is the correct order of Florida's courts, from lowest to highest authority?

• circuit courts, Florida Supreme Court, county courts, District Court of Appeals

• county courts, circuit courts, District Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court

• District Court of Appeals, Florida Supreme Court, county courts, circuit courts

• Florida Supreme Court, circuit courts, District Court of Appeals, county courts

• Court of Veterans Appeals

• Court of Appeals

• Military Courts

• Claims Courts

A request, made after a higher court to decide whether that trial was conducted properly is called an ______________________.

• Writ of Mandamus

• Writ of Certiorari

• Appeal

• Ex Post Facto

How does an appellate court differ from a trial court?

• An appellate court usually has a jury

• An appellate court decides issues of fact

• An appellate court examines more witnesses

• An appellate court reviews another courts decision

States must pay for public defenders as a result of which U.S. Supreme Court case?

• District of Columbia v. Heller

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Gideon v. Wainwright

What is the oldest written code of laws?

• Code of Justinian

• Code of Hammurabi

• Napoleonic Code

• Common law

The two basic types of law in the American legal system are

• public and private.

• civil and criminal.

• military and civil.

• constitutional and statutory.

What type of law, after the year 1066, was formed by English judges looking at past court cases to make new court decisions?

• Administrative law

• equity

• common law

• statutory law