Dual Court System Case Study

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The United States utilizes dual court system in their courts. This means that there is a separate jurisdiction for each state, but each of those jurisdictions fall under the federal court jurisdiction (Bohm & Haley, 2011). The state court process begins in a trial court of limited jurisdiction. It would then move to a trial court of general jurisdiction and if appealed, into an Intermediate court of appeals. In the federal courts, a case would begin in the district court, then move into the circuit court of appeals if necessary. Both the state and federal courts would utilize the Supreme court as the final disposition on any case (Bohm & Haley, 2011). Ted Rubin identified the two of ten purposes of the court is to “do justice” and to

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