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Page 1 of 4 2011Total Table C2 and Nature of Suit During the 12Month Periods Ending September 30 2011 and 2012 2012 Private Cases US Cases Total Cases Contract Actions Total Insuran. American Government. Standing. In order for a case to be heard in our legal system, the plaintiff must . have standing to sue. This means that the . plaintiff . generally must have sustained, or is in in immediate danger of sustaining, a direct and substantial injury from another person or an action of government. UNIT II. (a) Reforms of . Cornwallis:Judicial. Plan of 1787,1790 and1793.. (b)Lord William . Bentick. (with special focus on appraisal of criminal law). Introduction. The court of directors on 12th April 1786 directed Lord Cornwallis to vest in one person the revenue, judicial, and magisterial functions.. It’s . Complex. The Framers created the national judiciary in Article III of the Constitution.. The Constitution created the Supreme Court and left Congress to establish the . inferior courts. —the lower federal courts. There are two types of federal courts: (1) constitutional courts and (2) “special” or legislative courts.. The lower federal courts, beneath the Supreme Court.. Jurisdiction. The authority of a court to hear a case.. Exclusive Jurisdiction. Power of the federal courts alone to hear certain cases.. Concurrent Jurisdiction. Federal Court System. NPR and PBS. http://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140964360/in-new-term-supreme-court-to-tackle-divisive-. issues. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/law/supreme_court. /. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt. Original Jurisdiction: Court hears cases for the first time.. Appellate jurisdiction: Court hears cases on appeal, or cases that have been heard by a lower court in the past.. U.S. District Courts (lowest level of federal courts). UNIT II. (a) Reforms of . Cornwallis:Judicial. Plan of 1787,1790 and1793.. (b)Lord William . Bentick. (with special focus on appraisal of criminal law). Introduction. The court of directors on 12th April 1786 directed Lord Cornwallis to vest in one person the revenue, judicial, and magisterial functions.. Dr. Elke Schwager. Overview. Legal . Background in Germany. Situation . in Bavaria. Case . Study. Outlook. Mediation in Bavarian Courts. page. . 2. Legal Background in Germany. Law of Mediation of 21 June . Alexander Hamilton, . Federalist 22. “Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation”. Article III, Section I. “The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”. Objective; Define the kinds of lower federal courts in the United States.. The Constitution created the Supreme Court.. Congress established the . lower . federal courts.. These courts are of two basic . State . Federal . Introduction: Federal and state courts. The . U.S. Constitution created a government system for the United States known as . federalism. . Federalism is the sharing of powers between the national government and the state governments. . Piecing It Together . Using the clues on the pieces, assemble the puzzles.. You should have two triangles when you are finished. . Puzzled . County Courts . Circuit Courts . District Courts of Appeal. LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL FEDERAL U.S. Congress: - Senate - House of Rep President, VP Cabinet Exec Dept/Agencies Exec. Office of Pres. (EOP) Fed. Bureaucracy U.S. Supreme Ct Circuit Cts of Appeals Business Law Essential Standard 1.00 Objective 1.02 Understand C ourt Systems and T rial P rocedures Court Jurisdiction The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time, as opposed to