Answer:
1. False: A court of appeals hears evidence to decide the facts. They do not listen to evidence to decide the facts because appeal isn't a retrial of the case.
2. True: When a party alleges a fact, it means that fact has not yet been determined by the jury to be true.
3. True: A judge instructs a jury on the law that applies in a case. It is known as jury instructions.
4. False: Decisions by higher courts in a state are not binding on lower courts within that state's jurisdiction. There decisions are actually binding on lower courts within that state's jurisdiction.
5. True: Judges may apply the law, but they do not have power to change the law.
6. True: The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law in the United States and no other law can contradict it.
7. True: Litigation is the process of resolving a dispute through the court system.
8. True: The trial court, which first hears a case, is known as a court of original jurisdiction.
9. True: Although cases may be similar, one important fact can change the outcome and create new precedent.
10. False: Appellate Courts review questions of fact but not questions of law. The appellate court can review questions of law as "De novo" or plenary review (legal error standard).
11. True: The Uniform Commercial Code has been adopted in all fifty states.
