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Both criminal and civil cases having to do with the regulations and statutes promulgated and passed into law by THAT state's legislature. State Courts try ONLY cases having to do with violation of THAT particular state's laws.
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The state courts handle the vast majority--over 98 percent--of all litigation today. Forty-five states have two or more levels of trial courts--special jurisdiction courts with jurisdiction limited to specific types of cases, and general jurisdiction courts with jurisdiction over all other cases.
Special, or limited, jurisdiction courts have specific names that may vary from state to state, such as district, mayor's, city, justice, justice of the peace, magistrate, county, municipal, or police courts. They hear relatively minor civil and criminal disputes, and are typically dominated by traffic cases. They often have exclusive jurisdiction over juvenile cases.
Courts of general jurisdiction hear most of the serious criminal and civil cases and in addition are sometimes subdivided into subject areas such as domestic relations and state and local tax. These courts have different names in different states (see "What's in a Name"). Five states now have unified trial courts, in which all types of cases are heard.
By contrast, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts reports that annually the U.S. district courts receive well under half a million cases: 80 percent civil and 20 percent criminal. Among the types of civil suits filed in the federal courts are civil rights actions, patent infringement cases, prisoner petitions, and Social Security cases. The federal criminal cases filed include tax fraud, robbery, forgery and counterfeiting, and drug offenses, which are among the largest category of cases. Bankruptcy courts deal with the largest number of federal cases, with about 1.5 million cases filed each year.
The number of cases filed in federal courts is smaller, but most cases are more complex than the majority of cases filed in state court
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What type of case do state courts have jurisdiction over?
State courts hear any and all cases having to do with the laws of their particular state which were passed by their state legislature. They do not hear cases involving the laws of other states nor do they hear Federal cases.
What type of jurisdiction allows federal courts to hear state law?
executive jurisdiction
What type of cases do the courts of appeal have original jurisdiction?
They don't. Appeals courts ONLY hear cases appealed to them from lower/inferior courts.
What is the lowest court in Maryland?
The lowest court in the Maryland state court system is District Court. District Courts hear limited civil and criminal cases. District courts have lesser jurisdiction than Circuit Courts, which may hear all civil and criminal cases, but usually only hear cases that are beyond the jurisdiction of District Courts. There is a third type of court in the Maryland state trial court system -- Orphans' Courts, but Orphans' Courts hear only limited probate and guardianship matters. In terms of hearing the least egregious types of cases, such as small claims and traffic violations, District Court is the lowest court. For more information on Maryland district courts and the Maryland state court system, visit the Maryland Courts Directory related link.
What type of cases are heard by state courts?
murder
What type of federal courts serve the same function as the State appellate courts?
The Supreme Court
What are the two court systems in the United states and the jurisdictions?
The United States judiciary comprises the individual state courts as well as the federal courts. Each court has a specified jurisdiction that dictates the type of cases it may hear and/or the area in which the case must have originated. State and federal jurisdictions sometimes overlap.
District courts most often hear appeals from people who have been accused of which type of crime?
felonies.
What courts hear criminal cases?
There is a concept called "jurisdiction", which refers to the power and authority of a court to hear and decide both civil and criminal matters. The identity of a court having jurisdiction will depend upon many factors. These include, depending upon the nature of the case, the amount of money in dispute, the nature of the dispute (for example, all family law cases are generally within one court's jurisdiction irrespective of the existence of children or length of marriage), or the severity of the crime or infraction charged (felony, misdemeanor, or noncriminal infraction such as many traffic tickets). Different states have different names for the various "levels" of court that may have jurisdiction over a given type of case. Likewise, the names will be different if the state court system or the federal court system is implicated. Therefore, at the least, you will have to know the identity of the state involved.
What two type of courts make up the us court system?
federal and state.
This type of jurisdiction means that both federal and state courts can hear a case?
A state may have concurrent jurisdiction with a federal court when, for example, a crime defined under state law is committed on federal property, and certain offenses involving Indian tribal members.
What type of cases does supreme courts hear?
The Supreme Court hears any cases that involve the interpretation of the Constitution.
