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,Solution and Answer Guide y y y



PUTMAN/ALBRIGHT, LEGAL RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, & WRITING, 5E, 9780357619445; Y Y Y Y Y Y Y



CHAPTER 1: : INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND AUTHORITIES.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Y Y




Assignment 1 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 1
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Assignment 2 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 2
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Assignment 3 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 2
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Assignment 4 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 4
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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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Answer: The state considered here is, Texas in the United States. Federal courts are the courts that have
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limited jurisdictions. They only hear the cases which are approved by the United States constitution.
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District courts are the first level of federal courts where limited jurisdiction exists, followed by circuit
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courts and supreme courts.
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a. Name those courts: y y




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
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Texas. There are 14 courts of appeals in Texas which have intermediate jurisdiction in civil and criminal
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cases 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
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the civil and criminal case which is appealed by district courts. The Supreme Court of Texas is the resort
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of civil matters in the US. Texas Court is the resort of criminal matters.
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2. What
is
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general
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jurisdict
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ion




2

,court in your State?
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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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United States; however, each country is served by a minimum of one district court.
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b. Does that court have appellate jurisdiction over cases from any limited jurisdiction
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courts?
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Answer: The district courts do have appellate jurisdiction in all the subordinate courts which are located
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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
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the appellant, and a court of criminal appeals.
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a. Is there an intermediate appellate court? What is it called and is it a single court or
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are there multiple divisions?
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Answer: There are 14 intermediate courts of appeals. They have jurisdiction in civil and criminal
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matters from the district courts in each of their geographical court of appeals of district state. They have
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limited writ jurisdiction.
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b. What is the highest appellate court?
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Answer: The court of Criminal appeals is the highest appellate court in the state Texas of The United
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States.
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ASSIGNMENT 2 ANSWERS
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Question:

Access the website for your state‘s legislature. How many groups of statutes are there (these may be
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ycalled titles, sections, codes, etc.)? Does the state legislature website provide a link to the state
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constitution?
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Answer
:

The
State
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of
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3

, Texas is considered here.
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The Texas legislature is a legislature of the United States state of Texas. It consists of 31 senate members
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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
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the law are arranged into codes referred to as Texas Statues. These statutes are online published and
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printed. There are 31 statutes codes available in the Texas statutes. The statutes available on the Texas
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Legislature website are updated as per the 87th 3rd Legislative session held in 2021.
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The Texas Statues are as follows:
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Agriculture code y


yAlcoholic beverage code y y


yAuxiliary water laws y y


Business and commerce code y y y


yBusiness organization code y y


y Civil practice and remedies
y y y


code Code of criminal
y y y y


yprocedure Education code y y


Election code y


yEstates code y


yFamily code y


yFinance code y


yGovernment
code
y


Health and safety code
y y y


yHuman resource code y y


yInsurance code y


Insurance code-Not codified y y


yLabor code y


Local government code
y y


yNatural resources code y y


yOccupations code y


Park and wildlife code
y y y


yPenal code y


Property code y


Special district local laws code
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code
Transpo
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n
code




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