LGST 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: United States District Court, Small Claims Court, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
2 Feb 2017
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Purpose of the court system is to interpret/apply the laws already created. Decide disputes cannot make law looking for constitutional violations. Marbury vs. madison 1803 local county state federal. Order based on severity and law broken city or municipal small boundaries: traffic violations, criminal acts of state. Local small claims court less than ,000: no lawyers. County similar to local maybe slightly larger cases. Part of larger state system as well larger boundaries. Each state plus dc types of courts in state limited jurisdiction: general jurisdiction. Can hear most issues state trial/federal district court intermediate appellate: state supreme courts trial level appeal level supreme level. Not superior to state cover territories too (guam, puerto rico, virgin islands) structure. Co is the 10th circuit (co federal law: ussc final say on interpreting all federal law, us court of appeals 13 circuits. Each state at least 1 federal district: us district courts.
