BIOL 1001 Chapter : Revised Chp 10 Part 2
Document Summary
Dual court system: federal courts, state courts. Federal courts: (p. 328) court of last resort us supreme court 1st court to be created in the us consititution art iii, sec 1, (p. 328) intermediate appeallet courts (p. 329) us courts of appeals. Federal judiciary act (1789: (p. 325) court of general jurisdiction (p. 329) us district courts. Federal judiciary act (1789: (p. 325) courts of limited jurisdiction (p. 329) us magistrate courts. Cogj us district courts: hears any kind of trials. On the map there is dotted lines on the states that do. They are actually named . : louisiana, western is in shreveport, eastern new orleans, middle baton rouge, any federal crime that occur in any of the parishes in the lines is going to be tried in that court. Us courts of appeals: the 94 district courts are divided into 13 circuits, referred to as us circuit courts. Lets say a bank robbery happens in anything. The us magistrate courts will handle the pre-trial stuff.
