US Court System Test

This Supreme Court case established the standards by which a public school officials can search a student without a search warrant.

• Goss v. Lopez
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• California v. Acevedo
• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

____________is a legal opinion written by a judge who disagrees with the majority opinion.

• Majority opinion
• Concurring opinion
• Judicial review
• Dissenting opinion

The authority of a court to hear a case for the first time.

• Original jurisdiction
• Concurrent jurisdiction
• Exclusive jurisdiction
• Appellate jurisdiction

The Supreme Court case ruled that state laws establishing segregated schools were unconstitutional. This overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

When the military tries a service member for the most serious crimes.

• Military tribunal
• Civil court
• Court-martial
• Disciplinary hearing

This Supreme Court case ruled that schools may restrict what is published in a student newspaper if the papers are not established as a public forum.

• New Jersey v. TLO
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Bethel School District v. Fraser
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

A case in which private citizens or companies sue each other in court.

• Criminal case
• inferior courts

• docket

• Civil case

A person who brings a case against another person in a court of law.

• precedent

• docket

• plaintiff
• defendant

This Supreme Court case ruled that it is unconstitutional for universities to use racial quotas in their admission process.

• Grutter v. Bollinger
• Fisher v. University of Texas
• Shelby County v. Holder
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

When more than one court has the power to hear a case. This can happen at the state and federal level.

• Concurrent jurisdiction
• Exclusive jurisdiction
• Original jurisdiction
• Appellate jurisdiction