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The federal and state court system in the United States is tasked with providing timely adjudication of all cases within their jurisdiction. Each of the several states, including Georgia, is part of a larger federal system of district courts and courts of appeal, and their courts have their state-level counterparts, each of which is responsible for hearing cases of certain types. To determine which courts are responsible for what in the State of Georgia today, this paper provides a review of the relevant literature, followed by a summary of the research and important findings concerning the federal and state court systems in place in Georgia today in the conclusion.
Review and Analysis
The Federal Court Structure in the Southern District of Georgia
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh District for the Southern District form part of the overall adjudicative coverage of the State of Georgia. According to Black's Law Dictionary (1990), "Courts may be classified and divided and according to several methods [including] appellate courts. Such courts review decisions of inferior courts and may be either intermediate appellate courts (court of appeals) or supreme courts" (p. 353). In Georgia's case, the state has both. In this regard, Black's definition of court of appeals states that, "In those states with courts of appeals, such courts are usually intermediate appellate courts (with the highest appellate court being the state supreme court)" (p. 355).
Furthermore, in Georgia's case, the United States Court of Appeal...
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