What Courts Were Created as a Response to a Significant

question 57

Multiple Choice

What courts were created as a response to a significant growth in appellate cases that threatened to overwhelm the state supreme court?

• A)lower courts
• B)intermediate courts of appeals
• C)justice of the peace courts
• D)problem-solving courts

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