Inferior Courts
US district courts are the federal trial courts- 677 judges handle more than 350000 cases per year 80% of the federal caseload.
FISA- meet in secret and are entitles to secret search warrants.
district court juristiction
* do not deal with cases within original juristiction of the supreme court
*Hear both criminal and civil cases
*Most decisions in the federal district courts are final- meaning the cases start and end there.
*A few cases go to higher courts if the losing party appeals the hearing
Courts of appeals
* created by congress to relieve the Supreme court of hearing all appealed cases
* Each court has 6- 28 judges and 1 supreme court justice is assigned to each district
Court of international trade
*only tries civil cases that arise out of the nation's customs and other trade related laws
*9 judges- chief justice appointed by the president and senate
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