With few exceptions,lawsuits brought in federal courts must be started in district courts.These are the federal trial courts.Like state trial courts,they have both fact finding (by the judge or jury)and law-finding (by the judge)functions.

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District Courts

Question 24

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District courts:

A) only review the legal conclusions reached by lower federal courts.
B) are the intermediate courts of the federal court system.
C) have both fact-finding (by the judge or jury) and law-finding (by the judge) functions.
D) are specialized courts in the federal court system.

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