The party who lost in the lower court and files the first appeal is called the __________.

A. respondent
B. appellee
C. appellant
D. complainant


Answer: C

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a. It is often as important to know that two things are not related as to know that they are related. b. Researchers are not ethically obligated to admit mistakes they made doing their research. c. Unexpected findings need not be reported. d. all of the above

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In Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), the Supreme Court invalidated a state law proscribing _________ as applied to married couples

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