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Solution and Answer Guide: Putman/Albright, Legal Research, Analysis, & Writing, 5e, ©2024, 9780357619445; 1 © 202 4 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Solution Manual F or Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 5th Edition by William H. Putman, Jennifer Albright Solution and Answer Guide PUTMAN /ALBRIGHT , LEGAL RESEARCH , ANALYSIS , & WRITING , 5E, 9780357619445; CHAPTER 1: : INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND AUTHORITIES . TABLE OF CONTENTS Assignment 1 Answers ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 1 Assignment 2 Answers ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 3 Assign ment 3 Answers ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 3 Assignment 4 Answers ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 4 Assignme nt 5 Answers ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 7 ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS Answer the following questions regarding the courts in your state: 1. Are there limited jurisdiction courts in your State? Answer: The state considered here is, Texas in the United States. Federal courts are the courts that have limited jurisdictions. They only hear the cases which are approved by the United States constitution. District courts are the first level of f ederal courts where limited jurisdiction exists, followed by circuit courts and supreme courts. a. Name those courts: Answer: There are four federal district courts in the State of Texas. They are divided into United States District Courts of the Norther
n Solution and Answer Guide: Putman/Albright, Legal Research, Analysis, & Writing, 5e, ©2024, 9780357619445; 2 © 202 4 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. District, Eastern District, Southern District, and Western District of Texas. There are 14 courts of appeals in Texas which have intermediate jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases which are appeals from the country courts. And lastly the Supreme cour t of Texas b. What types of cases can each of those courts preside over? Answer: The cases in the district court of Texas consist of criminal cases, divorce cases, election cases, civil matters, and any other matters which are not placed in the trial co urt. The circuit court consists of the civil and criminal case which is appealed by district courts. The Supreme Court of Texas is the resort of civil matters in the US. Texas Court is the resort of criminal matters. 2. What is the general jurisdiction co urt in your State? Answer: In the State Texas of United States, the general jurisdiction court is a district court. a. How are those courts organized —by county, district, etc.? Answer: The geographical area covered by each court is formulated by the Leg islature of the United States; however, each country is served by a minimum of one district court. b. Does that court have appellate jurisdiction over cases from any limited jurisdiction courts? Answer: The district courts do have appellate jurisdiction in all the subordinate courts which are located in the districts; it covers both civil and criminal cases. 3. What are the appellate jurisdiction courts in your state? Answer: The appellant courts in States Texas consist of the Supreme Court, 14 intermediate courts of the appellant, and a court of criminal appeals. a. Is there an intermediate appellate court? What is it called and is it a single court or are there multiple div isions? Answer: There are 14 intermediate courts of appeals. They have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters from the district courts in each of their geographical court of appeals of district state. They have limited writ jurisdiction. b. What is t he highest appellate court? Answer
: The court of Crimina
l appeals is the Solution and Answer Guide: Putman/Albright, Legal Research, Analysis, & Writing, 5e, ©2024, 9780357619445; 3 © 202 4 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. highest appellate court in the state Texas of The United States. ASSIGNMENT 2 ANSWERS Question: Access the website for your state‘s legislature. How many groups of statutes are there (these may be called titles, sections, codes, etc.)? Does the state legislature website provide a link to the state constitution? Answer: The State of Texas is considered here. The Texas legislature is a legislature of the United States state of Texas. It consists of 31 senate members and 150 house of representatives. The state legislature of Texas is met every two odd -numbered years. During the session, bills are introduced by the legislators for approval. The bills which are approved by the law are arranged into codes referred to as Texas Statues. These statutes are online published and printed. There are 31 statutes codes available i n the Texas statutes. The statutes available on the Texas Legislature website are updated as per the 87th 3rd Legislative session held in 2021. The Texas Statues are as follows: Agriculture code Alcoholic beverage code Auxiliary water laws Business and c ommerce code Business organization code Civil practice and remedies code Code of criminal procedure Education code Election code Estates code Family code Finance code Government code Health and safety code Solution and Answer Guide: Putman/Albright, Legal Research, Analysis, & Writing, 5e, ©2024, 9780357619445; 4 © 202 4 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Human resource code Insurance code Insurance code -Not codified Labor code Local government code Natural resources code Occupations code Park and wildlife code Penal code Property code Special district local laws code Tax code Transportation code Utilities code Water code Vernon‘s civil code The state legislature webiste of Texas, United States provides a direct link to Texas Constitution. It consists of all the articles and chapers of the Texas Constitution. It consist of 17 articles inclduingt the appendixes. Each article respecttive sections are acw eesible online. ASSIGNMENT 3 ANSWERS Question: Access your state Supreme Court website. Does the website include published opinions of the Supreme Court ? If so, in what ways can you search those opinions? Answer: The state considered here is Texas, United States. The opinions of the United States Supreme Court are published in the United States Reports. They are 800 -1200 pages long. The US reports are complied with and published for the Court. The page proofs are reproduced printed and bound by the private companies under the US Government Publishing Office contract. These materials of opinions are disseminated to the public electronically as well as in print. On the Texas courts website under the supreme orders

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