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  1. 2. if an appellate court determines that a lower court incorrectly applied the law, it will modify or reverse the lower court's decision and may send back the case to the trial court for a new trial
  2. 3. the highest court in the United States
  3. 8. case law is published in a series of books called
  4. 9. federal law prevails over state law, and state law prevails over local law
  5. 11. the branch of government that resolves questions of enacted law
  6. 12. obstructing a legal maneuver
  7. 16. a set of books that publish a small percentage of federal trial court decisions
  8. 19. the person or organization bringing the lawsuit
  9. 20. a case may be determined this way when defendants do not answer complaints
  10. 21. the phase at the beginning of a case that starts with the filing of an answer
  11. 23. this document begins a lawsuit, details the facts that the plaintiff believes justify the claim and requests damages
  12. 26. upon receiving a complaint, the defendant's attorney files this document
  13. 27. these courts look at the record of the trial court to determine if the right decision was made
  14. 28. when parties to the lawsuit are from different states
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  1. 1. when facts of a case are not in dispute, the case may be decided without going to trial
  2. 4. the number of U.S. federal circuit courts
  3. 5. U.S. Circuit Court cases are published in this document
  4. 6. a pretrial oral questioning of a witness
  5. 7. the body of law that pertains to non-criminal matters, most sport management cases are in this category
  6. 10. the body of law that identifies criminal behavior and stipulates penalties for violations
  7. 13. the lowest federal court
  8. 14. the person or organization being sued
  9. 15. the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  10. 17. statutes enacted by Congress and state legislatures as well as ordinances passed by city and county governments
  11. 18. when it is determined that there is no case or controversy
  12. 22. an argument used to ensure courts follow legal precedent
  13. 24. the combination of a complaint and answer are known as
  14. 25. type of law that is "judge-made;" involving law that must be interpreted