Chapter 10 Flashcards
(13 cards)
Don’t have power that extend to administration of justice
Dont try felony cases
Don’t possess appellate authority
Civil cases
Courts of limited jurisdiction
Violations of local ordinances, issue search warrants, set bail, and arraign defendants.
Minimal training
Don’t need law degree
Compensation
Justice of the peace court
Felony, trial court
The major trial courts have the power and authority to try and decide any case, including appeals from a lower court
General jurisdiction courts
Limited in their jurisdiction to matters of appeals of lower and trial courts
Appellate jurisdiction courts
Organization of federal courts
Administrative quasi
US district courts
US magistrates
Judicial agencies
Administrative quasi
Trial courts of federal system
95 courts, 350-400,000 cases a year
US district court
Limited to trying lesser misdemeanors, setting bail in more and assisting district courts
US magistrates
Defined by geography
Federal appeals
US court of appeals
Highest court in nation
8 judges and 1 chief judge serving life terms
No real established power
US supreme court
Types of cases SC reviews
- when federal court has held act of congress to be unconstitutional
- when court of appeals has found a stat statute to be unconstitutional
- when state SC has ruled federal law invalid
- when individuals challenge to state statute on federal constitutional grounds has been upheld by state supreme court
Used to decide which cases they will take. Case is accepted for review only if four or more justices feel it merits consideration by the full court
Rule of four
The supreme court serves as trial court when:
- a state sues another state, then the SC serves as a court of general jurisdiction
- matter related to ambassadors
- issues that test the issues of state constitution
