Handout 1B: My Day in Court, But Which One?
Part I
A. A plaintiff is suing for damages resulting from a fall in the supermarket.
Which court should the plaintiff file in?
B. A trial judge did not supply a Russian-speaking defendant in a theft case
with an interpreter and the defendant is convicted. To which court should
the defendant appeal?
C. A defendant is charged with kidnapping a child and taking the child to five
different states. Where would the case be heard?
I
D. Several of the federal circuit courts of appeal are in disagreement over
whether a campaign finance reform law violates the First Amendment. What
is the only court that could decide to hear the case?