1. U.S. Court of Claims: This court sits in Washington, D.C., and handles cases involving suits against the government.
2. U.S. Court of International Trade: This court sits in New York and handles cases involving tariffs and international trade disputes.
Special Courts Created by Congress
1. Magistrate judges: These judges handle certain criminal and civil matters, often with the consent of the parties.
2. Bankruptcy courts: These courts handle cases arising under the Bankruptcy Code.
3. U.S. Court of Military Appeals: This court is the final appellate court for cases arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
4. U.S. Tax Court: This court handles cases arising over alleged tax deficiencies.
5. U.S. Court of Veterans' Appeals: This court handles certain cases arising from the denial of veterans' benefits.
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- The U.S. District Court ____________________
- The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal _______________________
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit __________________
- The U.S. Supreme Court ______________________________
- The U.S. Court of Claims ______________________________
- The U.S. Court of International Trade ___________________________
- Magistrate court _________________________
- Bankruptcy court ________________________
- The U.S. Court of Military Appeals ________________________
- The U.S. Tax Court ________________________________
- The U.S. Court of Veterans' Appeals _______________________________
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- What two types of courts can the term federal court refer to?
- What courts does the first type include?
- What courts does the second type include?
- What jurisdiction does the U.S. District Court have? What cases does it hear?
- What cases does the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal examine?
- What is the jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court?
- What cases do the U.S. Court of Claims and the U.S. Court of International Trade handle?
- What cases do Magistrate judges handle?
- What cases do Bankruptcy courts handle?
- What cases do the U.S. Court of Military Appeals and the U.S. Court of Veterans' Appeals deal with?
- What cases does the U.S. Tax Court examine?
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State Court Systems
No two state court systems are exactly alike. Nevertheless, there are sufficient similarities to provide an example of what a typical state court system looks like. Most state court systems are made up of (1) two sets of trial courts: (a) trial courts of limited jurisdiction (probate, family, traffic, etc.) and (b) trial courts of general jurisdiction (main trial-level courts); (2) intermediate appellate courts (in many, but not all, states); and (3) the highest state courts (called by various names).
Unlike federal judges, most state court judges are not appointed for life but are either elected or appointed (or a combination of both) for a certain number of years.