CRASH COURSE STRUCTURE OF COURT SYSTEM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CRASH COURSE STRUCTURE OF COURT SYSTEM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is the hierarchy of courts? (order from bottom to top) - Trial courts, appeals courts, Supreme Court How many circuit courts are there? - 12, each serves at least two states The Supreme Court has ORGINAL jurisdiction when - The case is between the US and a state, a state and another state, a foreign country, or on the high seas. What is required for a court to hold a trial? - A specific incident or disagreement in which harm has been caused to at least one person. litigation - the process of taking legal action litigant - the person involved in a lawsuit Final court of appeals (highest court in the US)
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