Across
- 1. a court case in which a defendant is tried for committing a federal crime
- 4. the transcript of the proceedings from a trial court
- 7. is made of 11 district court judges and issues secret search warrants to monitor suspected spies and terrorists.
- 9. a list of cases to be heard by
- 10. was created in 1891 to ease the burden on the Supreme Court.
- 12. deals with appeals from:the Court of International Trade the Court of Federal Claims the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims the 94 district courts if the case appealed involves copyright or patent issues
Down
- 2. is made up of 5 district judges and decides whether to expel suspected foreign terrorists from the country.
- 3. include disputes involving bankruptcy, postal, tax, and civil rights laws.
- 5. include bank robbery, kidnapping, counterfeiting, mail fraud, tax evasion and terrorism.
- 6. have original jurisdiction over more than 80 percent of federal criminal and civil cases.
- 8. has from 6 to 28 judges, who usually sit in three-judge panels.
- 11. court
- 13. a court case dealing with a non criminal dispute