Questions and Answers
What is the court of final review in the U.S. federal court system?
Supreme Court
How many cases did the Supreme Court hear and decide in 2001?
90
What types of disputes can the federal courts decide?
Disputes involving more than $75,000 between residents of different states
Study Notes
- The U.S. Constitution, Article III, establishes the federal court system with the U.S. Supreme Court and permits Congress to create lower federal courts, namely circuit and district courts.
- The federal courts decide disputes involving the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, disputes between states, and disputes involving more than $75,000 between residents of different states.
- There are 94 District Courts (trial courts), 13 Courts of Appeals (intermediate appellate courts), and the United States Supreme Court (the court of final review).
- The District Courts, which are spread out throughout the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, are the federal trial courts.
- The work of the federal courts often affects many people besides those involved in a specific lawsuit.
- In 2001, although the circuit courts decided over 57,000 cases, the Supreme Court actually heard and decided less than 90.
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