LEGAL WRITING MIDTERM

United States Supreme Court
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United States Supreme Court
Highest Court in the US
1 Court- 9 Justices
Appeal jurisdiction through certiorari process
Limited original jurisdiction
12 court of appeals sit below it
94 district level trial courts below that
United States Courts of Appeals
11 Numbered Courts and Federal Circuit and DC Circuit=(13 appellate courts in total)
94 federal judges
12 regional circuits
Florida is in Eleventh Circuit
Sit generally in 3 judge panels
United States District Courts
Florida has
At least 1 in each State-
Florida has Three- Northern, Middle and Southern
United States District Judges
United States Magistrate Judges
In addition to the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure,
each United States District Court adopts Local Rules.each United States District Court adopts Local Rules.
In the Southern District of Florida,
those rules can be found on Westlaw, Lexis and on the website for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Attorneys must be aware of the Local Rules and
make sure that any pleading or other filing fully complies with the applicable rules.
Statutes are
bills that have been passed by legislative bodies.
To Become a law
bill must also be approved by the governor or president after it has been passed by the legislative body.
United States
United Sates Code
After initial laws are passed by Congress,
they are set out as Statutes at large - in the order they are enacted