1. Court System

2. Federal courts
Federal courts handle 8 types of cases.

3. Cases that raise constitutional issues
Type 1 = Constitution
Cases that raise constitutional issues
**anything dealing with the constitution (mostly bill of rights)
Example-
Issue of violation of first amendment
Search and seized w/o permission or warrant

4. Type 2 = Federal Law
Cases dealing with the breaking of federal laws
-Example–
Cases involving murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, treason, etc…
Treason– only crime defined in Constitution!!!!!!!
Go against country; helping plan attack, harboring terrorists, helping spies or being a spy

5. Type 3 = Maritime Laws
Cases involving American ships at sea
Art. 1 sec 8 discusses naval matters as a part of federal law
-Example
-- ship wrecks, drugs on board, etc…
The picture shows 240 million dollars worth of….

6. Type 4 = Disputes involving the U.S. Government
-Example—cases where federal government (US gov’t) is involved
If you sue gov’t… it would be heard here
Slip and fall in a post office?
Injured in a traffic accident involving an FBI agent?
Medical malpractice by a Veterans Administration doctor?

7. Type 5 =Controversies between states
Example:
2 states suing each other over the use of a river
Columbia SC - we see that South Carolina could file a lawsuit against North Carolina "as early as this week" if the N.C. Environmental Management Commission approves a two-city plan to remove 36 million gallons of water a day from the Catawba River.

9. Type 6 = Disputes between citizens of different states
-Example
Disagreements b/w people from different states when more than $75,000 is in dispute
One pound of hundred dollar bills is worth $45,400 dollars.

10. Type 7 = Disputes involving Different governments
-Example
Diff levels of gov’t suing eachother
County vs state
Such as Iredell suing the state of NC for not providing enough funds for SIHS.

11. Type 8 = Cases involving U.S. Officials in Foreign Nations
-Example
Where ambassadors and other foreign representatives are involved