Chapter 2 Flashcards
Circuits
The name of the federal trial courts
Binding authority
Primary authority within jurisdiction of a court
Dicta
Not official court opinions but statement about how a current issue would’ve decided given certain facts
Digest
Secondary authority
Finding tools
Methods of finding information
Hierarchy of authorities
The ranking of authorities of a given jurisdiction
Holding
Finding or answer from a court
Hybrid sources of authority
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Jurisdiction
The area a court has control
Mandatory authority
Statutes case law and regulations applicable for a jurisdiction
Persuasive authority
Primary authorities from outside jurisdictions along with treatises codes etc
Precedent
Previous decided court cases, what courts look for when heAring a case
Primary authority
Any law out of the three branches of government
Secondary authority
Anything that isn’t primary authority
Stare decis
Our court doctrine that states that courts should look to previous court holdings to determine a case
