Law Vocab 3.1 Practice

• The three-tiered structure of federal courts, comprising U.S. district courts, U.S. courts of appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Federal Court System

• U.S. District Court

• US Circuit Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

• The lowest federal courts where federal cases begin. They are the only federal courts where trials are held. There are 94 district courts

• Federal Court System

• U.S. District Court

• US Circuit Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

• This is the second level of courts in the federal system; it hears appeals from all of the district courts located in its geographic area (there are 13 Circuit, or appellate, courts in the U.S.)

• Federal Court System

• U.S. District Court

• US Circuit Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

• the highest court of the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system

• Federal Court System

• U.S. District Court

• US Circuit Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

• A court having jurisdiction to review cases and issues that were originally tried in lower courts

• Appellate Court

• Trial Court

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Court of original jurisdiction where cases begin

• Appellate Court

• Trial Court

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• authority for both state and federal courts to hear and decide cases

• Appellate Court

• Trial Court

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first, usually in a trial. These are the courts that determine the facts about a case.

• Appellate Court

• Trial Court

• Concurrent Jurisdiction

• Original Jurisdiction

• Authority to review cases previously tried in a lower court

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Litigant

• Plaintiff

• Defendant

• a person involved in a lawsuit

• Appellate Jurisdiction

• Litigant

• Plaintiff

• Defendant