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What term best describes the courts authority to hear cases before they have been appealed?
original jurisdiction
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What best describes the courts authority to hear cases before they have been appealed?
original jurisdiction
Appellate courts is for cases that are being?
appealed to a higher court.
Can decisions of state courts of limited jurisdiction ever be appealed to state courts of general jurisdiction?
No, but they CAN be appealed to the State Court of Appeals.
Where are most of the cases brought before federal courts are finally decided?
The majority of cases heard in the Federal Circuit are held in the various US District Courts. The few that are appealed go forward to the US Circuit Courts of Appeal.
What does it mean when a case is heard in the lower courts first?
Lower courts are where cases are initially started. If they are appealed, they are taken to higher courts.
What branch of government reviews cases appealed from lower federal courts and highest state courts?
Judicial.
When can an arbitrator's decision and award be appealed to the courts?
An arbitrator's decision and award can typically be appealed to the courts only in limited circumstances, such as if there was misconduct or bias on the part of the arbitrator, or if the decision violates public policy.
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.
Most cases are heard by the appellate courts. True or false?
Appealed
Do general trial courts hear cases from lower courts?
It depends on the setup of your state's judicial system. In some states, cases heard by a magistrate or other lower court can be appealed to a court of common pleas, or "general trial court". Generally, however, cases are appealed to appellate courts and not to trial courts.
The court of appeals hear cases that have been appealed from?
trial courts.
What decisions of the united tax court may be appealed?
the federal courts of appeal
