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Assignment 1 Answers ................................................................................................................................ 1
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ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS f f
Answer the following questions regarding the courts in your state:
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1. Are there limited jurisdiction courts in your State?
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Answer: The state considered here is, Texas in the United States. Federal courts are the courts that have
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limited jurisdictions. They only hear the cases which are approved by the United States constitution.
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District courts are the first level of federal courts where limited jurisdiction exists, followed by circuit
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courts and supreme courts.
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Answer: There are four federal district courts in the State of Texas. They are divided into United States
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District Courts of the Northern District, Eastern District, Southern District, and Western District of Texas.
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There are 14 courts of appeals in Texas which have intermediate jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases
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which are appeals from the country courts. And lastly the Supreme court of Texas
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b. What types of cases can each of those courts preside over?
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Answer: The cases in the district court of Texas consist of criminal cases, divorce cases, election cases,
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civil matters, and any other matters which are not placed in the trial court. The circuit court consists of the
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civil and criminal case which is appealed by district courts. The Supreme Court of Texas is the resort of
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civil matters in the US. Texas Court is the resort of criminal matters.
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court in your State?
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Answer: In the State Texas of United States, the general jurisdiction court is a district court.
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a. How are those courts organized—by county, district, etc.?
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Answer: The geographical area covered by each court is formulated by the Legislature of the
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UnitedStates; however, each country is served by a minimum of one district court.
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b. Does that court have appellate jurisdiction over cases from any limited jurisdiction
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courts?
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in the districts; it covers both civil and criminal cases.
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3. What are the appellate jurisdiction courts in your state?
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Answer: The appellant courts in States Texas consist of the Supreme Court, 14 intermediate courts of the
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appellant, and a court of criminal appeals.
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a. Is there an intermediate appellate court? What is it called and is it a single court or
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are there multiple divisions?
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Answer: There are 14 intermediate courts of appeals. They have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters
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from the district courts in each of their geographical court of appeals of district state. They have limited
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writ jurisdiction.
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b. What is the highest appellate court?
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Answer: The court of Criminal appeals is the highest appellate court in the state Texas of The United
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States.
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Question:
Access the website for your state‘s legislature. How many groups of statutes are there (these may be
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called titles, sections, codes, etc.)? Does the state legislature website provide a link to the state
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constitution?
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Texas is considered here.
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The Texas legislature is a legislature of the United States state of Texas. It consists of 31 senate members
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and 150 house of representatives. The state legislature of Texas is met every two odd-numbered years.
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During the session, bills are introduced by the legislators for approval. The bills which are approved
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by the law are arranged into codes referred to as Texas Statues. These statutes are online published and
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printed. There are 31 statutes codes available in the Texas statutes. The statutes available on the Texas
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Legislature website are updated as per the 87th 3rd Legislative session held in 2021.
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The Texas Statues are as follows:
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Agriculture code f
Alcoholic beverage code
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Auxiliary water laws
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Business organization code
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Civil practice and remedies code
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Code of criminal procedure
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Education code
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Estates code
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Family code
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Human resource code
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Labor code
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Natural resources code
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Occupations code
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Penal code
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Special district local laws code
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Vernon‘s civil code
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The state legislature webiste of Texas, United States provides a direct link to Texas Constitution. It consists
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of all the articles and chapers of the Texas Constitution. It consist of 17 articles inclduingt the appendixes.
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Each article respecttive sections are acweesible online.
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Question: Access your state Supreme Court website. Does the website include published opinions of the
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Supreme Court? If so, in what ways can you search those opinions?
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Answer:
The state considered here is Texas, United States. The opinions of the United States Supreme Court are
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published in the United States Reports. They are 800-1200 pages long. The US reports are complied with
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and published for the Court. The page proofs
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are reproduced printed and bound by the private companies under the US Government Publishing Office
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contract.
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These materials of opinions are disseminated to the public electronically as well as in print. On the Texas
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courts website under the supreme orders column, all the Supreme Court of Texas opinions can be
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accessed.
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They have been starting to release after October 2014 till the present. They can also be accessed through
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CaseSearch.
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although their archives are fully available on the Texas court website.
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ASSIGNMENT 4 ANSWERS f f
The researcher is analyzing a problem involving the sale of goods on credit in state A.
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