CJ 340 Lecture 2: federal vs state courts
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Jurisdiction: power of a court tohear a case. :where did the incident occur: venue where acourthas gco juris. can heara alsim sontrial keld outside of city ofhis case. Mode to get a thore fair trical. Extradition :extradite from one place to another. surrender in one state giren to another. Subject matter juris : ex - free speech case. Federal questions /displute . ex : religion, privacy. Derson has contacts staterines, wistate while committing the crime or civilwrong. Dirersity jurisdiction :cases involving citizens fromdefstectes or a citizen from the us and a foreign citizen live in mi company is in oh. Magistrates:nonarticle il courts. limited juris . ,setbond, hear prelim hearings, discovery. District judges: genjurisdiction, preside over trials, felony arralles to state circuit court judge trials no misdemeanors. Bankruptcyjudges: onlynearbankruptcycases oprisoner petitions: civil lawsuits filed by prisoners as an attempt to protect their rights. Unconstitutional violated amendment right altohere obeheard,ruleof tho action ,shallclaims. < ,000 us supremecourt case alreadyseen byother courts netnangnake ithere.
