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29 Cards in this Set
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____ justice of the peace - one for each ward in a parish which does not contain a city court or district court |
384 |
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____ Mayor's Courts handled by lawyer appointed by the mayer to assess traffic fines |
250 |
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50 ___ and 2 ___ can only hear criminal misdemeanor cases and civil cases not exceeding $15,000 in damages |
City ; Parish |
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_____ - the 7th Ward court of tangipahoa parish can hear civil cases up to $30,000 |
Hammond City Court |
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A small claims division is a court without a court reporter so it can not be ____- |
appealed |
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The small claims court can hear civil cases whose jurisdictional amount does not exceed _____ |
`$3000 |
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There are small claims divisions at ___ __ and ___ |
city parish and district courts |
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____ hear criminal felony and misdemeanor cases plus civil cases with no damge limitation |
District Courts |
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Ditrict courts summon people to ___ for both criminal and civil cases |
jury duty |
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Ditrict courts are divided into ___ and ___ parish judicial disctricts |
single, multiple |
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Tangi, Livingston, and St. Helena Parishes make up the ____ |
21st Judicial district |
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St, Tammany and Washington Parishes make up the ___ |
22nd Judicial district |
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East baton rouge parish is the ____ |
19th judicial district |
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There are ___ circuit courts of appeal |
5 |
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The 21, 22, and 19 judicial districts appeal to the ___ |
First Circuit court of appeal |
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There is one Supreme Court consisting of ____ |
7 justices |
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The ____ is the longest service SC justice |
Chief Justice |
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______ judges are elected for 6 year terms and can run for re-election until 70 |
City, Parish and District Court |
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____ are elected for 10 year terms and can run for re-election until 70 |
Appeal Court judges |
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____ justices are electd for 10 year terms and can run for re-election until 70 |
SC |
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Winners and losers may appeal a district court decision to a ___ |
court of appeal |
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Winners and losers do not have a right of appeal from a Couurt of appeal to the ____ |
SC |
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To get a case heard by the SC, a party must file a ___, and __ our of 9 justices must vote for it to be granted |
Writ of certiorari; 4 |
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Under the Federal court system, LA has ___ federal disctic courts |
3 |
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Eastern disctrict is in ___ |
NO |
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Middle District is in ____ |
BR |
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Western District is in |
Shreveport |
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_____ courts arre in monroe, alexandria, lafayette, and Lake charles |
Sattellite |
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Under the federal court system, __ __ and ___ federal cases are appealed to teh US fiifth circut court of appeals |
LA MS and TX |
