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Assignment 1 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 1
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Assignment 3 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 2
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Assignment 5 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 6
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ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS
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Answer the following questions regarding the courts in your state:
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1. Are there limited jurisdiction courts in your State?
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limited jurisdictions. They only hear the cases which are approved by the United States constitution. Dis
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trict courts are the first level of federal courts where limited jurisdiction exists, followed by circuit courts
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Answer: There are four federal district courts in the State of Texas. They are divided into United States
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District Courts of the Northern District, Eastern District, Southern District, and Western District of Texas
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. There are 14 courts of appeals in Texas which have intermediate jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases
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which are appeals from the country courts. And lastly the Supreme court of Texas
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b. What types of cases can each of those courts preside over?
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Answer: The cases in the district court of Texas consist of criminal cases, divorce cases, election cases,
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civil matters, and any other matters which are not placed in the trial court. The circuit court consists of th
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e civil and criminal case which is appealed by district courts. The Supreme Court of Texas is the resort o
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f civil matters in the US. Texas Court is the resort of criminal matters.
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Answer: In the State Texas of United States, the general jurisdiction court is a district court.
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a. How are those courts organized—by county, district, etc.?
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Answer: The geographical area covered by each court is formulated by the Legislature of the
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b. Does that court have appellate jurisdiction over cases from any limited jurisdiction
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in the districts; it covers both civil and criminal cases.
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3. What are the appellate jurisdiction courts in your state?
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Answer: The appellant courts in States Texas consist of the Supreme Court, 14 intermediate courts of th
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a. Is there an intermediate appellate court? What is it called and is it a single court o
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Answer: There are 14 intermediate courts of appeals. They have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matter
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s from the district courts in each of their geographical court of appeals of district state. They have limite
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Answer: The court of Criminal appeals is the highest appellate court in the state Texas of The United St
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ASSIGNMENT 2 ANSWERS
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led titles, sections, codes, etc.)? Does the state legislature website provide a link to the state constitution?
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The Texas legislature is a legislature of the United States state of Texas. It consists of 31 senate member
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s and 150 house of representatives. The state legislature of Texas is met every two odd-numbered years.
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During the session, bills are introduced by the legislators for approval. The bills which are approved by t
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he law are arranged into codes referred to as Texas Statues. These statutes are online published and print
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ed. There are 31 statutes codes available in the Texas statutes. The statutes available on the Texas Legisl
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ature website are updated as per the 87th 3rd Legislative session held in 2021.
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The state legislature webiste of Texas, United States provides a direct link to Texas Constitution. It cons
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ists of all the articles and chapers of the Texas Constitution. It consist of 17 articles inclduingt the appen
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ASSIGNMENT 3 ANSWERS
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Question: Access your state Supreme Court website. Does the website include published opinions of the
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Supreme Court? If so, in what ways can you search those opinions?
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Answer:

The state considered here is Texas, United States. The opinions of the United States Supreme Court are
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published in the United States Reports. They are 800-
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1200 pages long. The US reports are complied with and published for the Court. The page proofs
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are reproduced printed and bound by the private companies under the US Government Publishing Office
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contract.

These materials of opinions are disseminated to the public electronically as well as in print. On the Texas
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courts website under the supreme orders column, all the Supreme Court of Texas opinions can be acces
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They have been starting to release after October 2014 till the present. They can also be accessed through
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ASSIGNMENT 4 ANSWERS
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