WorksheetsCourt Scenarios 3.11
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Tony and Tasha, two middle school students, are arrested for armed robbery. The owner claims they came in with baseball bats and took all the Taki's they could grab and the cash in the cash register. Which court would have jurisdiction over this trial case?
County Court
Circuit Court
U.S. District Court
Florida Supreme Court
Linda and Elaine decide to throw the most 'epic' party ever. They end up partying too hard and destroy an entire apartment building when the petting zoo they hired escapes and begins damaging apartments floor by floor. Police estimate the damage to be over $300,000. The petting zoo claims they are not at fault and will not pay. Which court has original jurisdiction over their case?
US. District Court
Circuit Court
County Court
District Court of Appeals
Molly and Sam are charged with making fake $100 bills in their spare bedroom. They went on a spending spree and bought out several Target and Walmart supplies of Ryan's World mystery eggs. They were arrested late last night by the FBI and charged with the crime of knowingly using counterfeit bills. Which court has jurisdiction over their case?
County Court
US Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
US District Court
Mya (18 years old) is arrested for vandalizing a car with badly drawn Egyptian hieroglyphics. She does not know what the pictures mean; she just thinks it looks cool. This crime is classified as a misdemeanor. The state is planning on bringing in an Egyptologist to decipher the message. What court has jurisdiction in this case?
US Court of Appeals
US District Court
County Court
Circuit Court
Kijani and Jonathan get matching tattoos; a potato with angel wings. However, one of the tattoos turned out to be a my little pony character on a rainbow. Whoops. They ask for the tattoo artist to cover up the tattoo with a new design but the tatoo artist asks for additional money to do so. They threaten to take the tattoo artist to court and sue for $2,500 in damages. Which court will have jurisdiction over the case.
County Court
Circuit Court
US District Court
Supreme Court
Ethan and Pedro (both 18 years old) have been charged with insider trading involving companies in multiple states, which is a felony. They begin their trial and are sentenced to 20 years in prison and are to pay a fee of $5,000,000 dollars each. They appeal the case stating that their mean civics teacher was one of the jurors on their case and they have a right to an impartial (fair) jury. They lose the appeal and appeal again to a higher court. Which court now has jurisdiction to hear their case?
US District Court
Florida Supreme Court
US Court of Appeals
US Supreme Court
What is the correct court process of the Federal Court system? Starting at the bottom to the top:
US District Court
US Supreme Court
US Court of Appeals
US Court of Appeals
US District Court
US Supreme Court
US District Court
US Court of Appeals
US Supreme Court
US Supreme Court
US District Court
US Court of Appeals
What order would a case go through in the Florida court system? Starting at the bottom to the top:
Circuit Court
County Court
District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
County Court
Circuit Court
District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Supreme Court
County Court
Circuit Court
District Court of Appeals
District Court of Appeals
County Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
In which court would you see one judge, a lawyer, jury, and evidence.
Trial Court
Appeals Court
The US District Court is ____.
A Florida trial court
A Florida appeals court
A Federal appeals court
A Federal trial court
