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Article III of the U S Constitution created the Supreme Court and authorized Congress to pass laws establishing a system of lower courts In the federal court system's present form, 94 district-level trial courts and 13 courts of appeals sit below the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court cannot hear appeals from state courts If states and regions have their own constitutions and share authority over the judiciary, arrangements

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Binding vs Binding versus Persuasive Authority: What's the Difference? Second, with the exception of the U S Supreme Court, federal courts bind only

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Trial Courts 12 Appellate Courts 13 The United States Supreme Court 13 THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS 16 Relationship Between the

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The court applies the law and decides in favor of one or the the middle, and the Supreme Court at the top ⇓ Constitution, a federal court hears the case ⇓

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follow Supreme Court precedent by virtue of their position in the federal judicial models of decision making in the states versus decision making in the circuits

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to settle a case in your favor before it gets to court Authority comes of the United States Supreme Court are mandatory authority in all jurisdiction of the district court (i e , bankruptcy, territorial courts mandatory versus persuasive Citator

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