LAW 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Appellate Jurisdiction, General Jurisdiction, Registered Mail
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Federal court system (u. s. ): there(cid:495)s 1 court system. *created by article 3 judicial branch of gov"t. Congress created lower courts & trial court. U. s. district court: trial court in federal court system: does not have appellate jurisdiction, has general jurisdiction can hear all kinds of cases, has original jurisdiction hear cases from the very beginning. Only has appellate jurisdiction can only review lower court states are against each other or dealing w/ ambassadors. decisions. Supreme court does not hear general jurisdiction; exception is when 2: handles criminal & civil cases, there are 94 district courts, at least 1 in every state, california, texas & ny has 4 district courts. Northern mariana islands: arizona is the 48th state, wyoming is the least popular state. If charged w/ federal law, can be seen as criminal case. )f charged w/ u. s. gov(cid:495)t is a party suing someone or being sued, can be seen as civil case.
