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What are the most powerful to least powerful courts in the judicial branch?
The Supreme Court is the most powerful federal court. The Courts of Appeal are the most powerful courts most litigants will ever reach (the Supreme Court only hears a tiny number of cases a year). The District Courts are the trial level courts.
What types of courts exist in most states?
state supreme courts
What is the supreme courts schedule known as?
Most courts use a 'docket'.
What is the name for a formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case?
The formal request is called a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.The Court grants certiorari to the petitioner, and issues a writ of certiorari to the lower court, asking for the case files.Most cases are appealed to the US Supreme Court by a petition for a writ of certiorari, which is a request that the justices accept review of the case and issue a writ of certiorari, or order to the lower courts to send all trial and appellate records to the Supreme Court. Review of an appeal is not a right; the justices grant certiorari at their discretion.Appellate courts may also issue a writ of error, which is an order to release the trial record of an adjudicated case. This is most often sent from an intermediate appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court is mainly what kind of court?
In most cases, supreme courts are final appellate courts.
Will the supreme court most likely grant a hearing when a case involves the possibility that an innocent person has been wrongly convicted of a crime?
an issue that is being decided inconsistently by the lower courts
Where are most federal case resolved?
In the US District Courts
What court not have appellate jurisdiction?
Lower Courts or District Courts. In a nutshell original jurisdicition, the first to claim power, is given to Supreme court because those guys are big. But the lower courts first get the case and if someone is not satisfied then they appeal to supreme court which is known as appellate jurisdiction. Most cases that supreme court get are appellate jurisdiction which means they have already been heard in lower courts.
When is the US Supreme Court most likely to grant an appeal?
According to Supreme Court Rule 10, the Court is most likely to grant an appeal for cases involving:constitutional issues that conflict with established precedents; orunresolved federal questions in which two or more US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts have issued different rulings (Circuit splits); orstate supreme courts that have decisions contradictory to the US Constitution or established precedent.
Where was narcissus born?
As is the case with most legendary and mythical people, no location for his birth is given.
Can you get sued on a personal loan if there is no contract or time given for a payback?
Most courts, that I have heard of, need a written "contract" with the person taking out the loan signature.
Why do most cases take place in state courts?
In the US, there are more State courts than Federal courts, and State courts have jurisdiction over more issues than do Federal courts. As a result, most legal proceedings are in State or local courts.
What are the most powerful to least powerful courts in the judicial branch?
The Supreme Court is the most powerful federal court. The Courts of Appeal are the most powerful courts most litigants will ever reach (the Supreme Court only hears a tiny number of cases a year). The District Courts are the trial level courts.
What types of courts exist in most states?
state supreme courts
What is the supreme courts schedule known as?
Most courts use a 'docket'.
A Recent Supreme Court Case?
Better ask the question again, specifying the country that interests you, since most countries have supreme courts. For example, "Name a recent case in the Supreme Court of Burkina Faso".
What do courts use precedents for?
Precedent (an decision made by an earlier, often higher Court in a mostly or completely similar case) in most countries is a strong indicator for a judge how he should decide in a case brought before him.
