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Description
Mind Map by gina.wierzbicki, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by gina.wierzbicki
over 9 years ago
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US State and Federal Courts
- Municipal
Courts
- State Superior Court (trial court)
- Cases involving criminal, civil, and family law
- State Court of Appeals
- State Supreme Court
- Reviews the decisions of
the state's other courts //
highest court in the state
// interpret laws that are
unclear
- Federal District Courts (trial court)
- Federal Court of Appeals
- Federal / US Supreme Court
- highest court // final say on
matters of federal law that come
before it // hear appeal of losing
parties // has nine justices who are
appointed by the president and
approved by senate
- Congress
- power to declare
punishment of treason
(based on admission of
guilt in open court or on
the testimony of two
witnesses)
- power to declare
punishment of treason
(based on admission of
guilt in open court or on
the testimony of two
witnesses)
- highest court // final say on
matters of federal law that come
before it // hear appeal of losing
parties // has nine justices who are
appointed by the president and
approved by senate
- 94 US judicial districts are
organized into 12 regional circuits
// hears appeals from the district
courts located within its circuit
and federal admin. agencies
- Federal / US Supreme Court
- hear civil and
criminal cases at
federal level //
despuits between
states, citizens of
different states,
and state and gov.
- Federal Court of Appeals
- Reviews the decisions of
the state's other courts //
highest court in the state
// interpret laws that are
unclear
- when th eperson that is found
guilty wishes to appeal their case
// review decisions of lower
courts
- State Supreme Court
- Criminal Cases
- Civil Cases
- when a plaintiff claims that he or
she has been injured (any harm done
to a person's body, property,
reputation or rights) by the actions
of the defendant
- when a plaintiff claims that he or
she has been injured (any harm done
to a person's body, property,
reputation or rights) by the actions
of the defendant
- defendant is
accused of a serious
crime (robbery,
theft, drug
possession, or
murder) and
prosecutor tries to
prove that they are
guilty (usually involves jury)
- Civil Cases
- Cases involving criminal, civil, and family law
- handle a variety of
basic cases (illegal
parking, shoplifting,
trespassing, etc.)
- State Superior Court (trial court)
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