Responsibilties of State and Federal Courts

Responsibilties of State and Federal Courts

  • Submitted By: statemom
  • Date Submitted: 02/21/2009 3:08 PM
  • Category: Science
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The state court levels and their responsibilities are;lower courts, or courts of limited jurisdiction, trial courts of general jurisdiction, appellate courts or the states highest court. Limited-jurisdiction courts these courts are limited to trying cases involving minor criminal matters such as traffic violations, prostitution, and drunk and disorderly conduct. Trial courts of general jurisdiction these courts may also be called county courts, district courts, superior courts, or circuit court. These courts have the authority to hear and decide cases involving many types of subject matter, and they are the setting for criminal trials. State court of appeals, every state has a court of appeals which is also the states highest court. In most states the states highest court is called the Supreme Court. The Federal court levels are; U.S. District courts these are the trial of general jurisdiction and various courts of limited jurisdiction, U.S. courts of appeal these are the intermediate courts of appeal, and the United States Supreme Court. U.S. District courts this is the lowest tier of the federal court systems or also known as federal trials courts. These are the courts that have cases involving federal laws begin, and a judge and jury get to decide the case. The U.S. Courts of Appeals this court is also known as the U.S. circuit of appeals. The court of appeals for the federal circuit has the national appellate jurisdiction over certain types of cases, these include cases involving paten law and case in the U.S. government is the defendant. The United States Supreme Court, this court has original and trial jurisdiction but only in rare cases. This court is mostly an appeals court. But the Supreme Court has the authority over cases decided by the U.S. courts of appeals and they also have authority over state and federal courts if question are an issue. The two main differences between the state and federal court systems that I have noticed is that the states...

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