Exam 2: The Court Systems

Any one member of the Supreme Court can accept a case for the Court to hear.

Cases come to the court of appeals when:

Right of removal is intended to:

In some rare instances, the U.S. Supreme Court has:

An example of an instance in which the U.S. Supreme Court would have original and exclusive jurisdiction is:

The U.S. Supreme Court may review appeals from:

One advantage of small claims courts is that they are less formal than regular courts.

The only federal courts in which a jury is used are the courts of appeals.

Conflict-of-law problems may arise when:

When litigants not satisfied with the decision of a court of limited jurisdiction appeal to a court of general jurisdiction they will get:

Federal judges may be impeached for:

With respect to a court, jurisdiction means:

Divorce, adoption, and other matters controlled by the state government are examples of:

The general conflict-of-law rule for tort cases is that:

In some matters, such as a dispute between two state governments, the U.S. Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction.

Statutes passed by Congress may limit which types of jurisdiction?

The U. S. Supreme Court was created by:

There is (are) ____ judge(s) presiding in a court of original jurisdiction.

Federal appellate courts are called:

Only state court systems, not the federal court system, have courts of original jurisdiction.