Week 14/15 - The Federal Courts Quiz
________ and ________ are the two most common types of civil law cases.
Contracts; torts
Which of the following would the Supreme Court likely refuse to hear because of "mootness"?
a case involving a student suing a state-run university for discrimination in the admissions process after the student was first rejected but then later admitted to the university
In some legal actions, a group or class of individuals with common interests file a suit on behalf of everyone who shares the interest. This is called
a class-action suit.
Trial courts in the federal judicial system are called
district courts.
More than 97% of court cases in the United States are heard
in state courts.
In a typical tort case,
one individual charges that he or she has been injured by another's negligence or malfeasance.
"Borking" occurs when
senators draw extensively on excerpts from a judicial nominee's speeches and writings in order to paint the nominee as an extremist who is unqualified to serve in the federal judiciary.
The doctrine of ________ requires courts to follow authoritative prior decisions when ruling
stare decisis
Suppose a defendant is convicted at trial but believes that the judge made an error that impacted the decision. She would first ask her case be tried again at the ________. If she were to lose at that court, she could still try again, if her argument were accepted, at the ________.
supreme court; court of appeals ?
When filing an appeal, an appellant usually must show
the trial court made a legal error in deciding the case.