FORTY YEARS AGO last Sunday, five men broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex in Washington DC in a botched operation that would spark a chain of events that two years later would see Richard Nixon resign as the 37th president of the United States.
Federal courts hear cases involving violations of federal statues, crimes committed on federal property or disputes between residents of different states. State courts hear cases involving violations of state laws or disputes between two or more residents of that state. The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is a Federal Court. This Court is completely separate from State Courts.
Federal Court Jurisdiction: Types of Cases The judicial branch is made up of state courts and federal courts. These courts are only allowed to hear certain kinds of court cases. This is called jurisdiction, or the authority to hear certain types of cases. Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over eight types of cases, meaning only the federal courts can hear these types of cases. Constitution Cases : If a law might contradict the Constitution then the case has to go to federal court.