U.S. District Courts
Local courts and district courts.
Federal district courts have jurisdiction over trials. Federal appeals courts have jurisdiction over appeals from the federal district courts.
Federal district courts have jurisdiction over trials. Federal appeals courts have jurisdiction over appeals from the federal district courts.
The US District Courts (trial courts), because they handle the majority of federal cases.
Federal district courts have jurisdiction over trials. Federal appeals courts have jurisdiction over appeals from the federal district courts.
Federal district courts have jurisdiction over trials. Federal appeals courts have jurisdiction over appeals from the federal district courts.
There are 94 district courts in the US.
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Federal district court.
In the Federal court system, the district courts are the "lowest" courts. Cases usually start in district court and are decided there. The circuit courts are courts of appeal. That means that you can appeal a district court's ruling to the circuit court (and then to the Supreme Court, if you still don't like the ruling). In that sense, the circuit courts are "higher" than the district courts.
US Territorial CourtsFederal courts that perform the function of US District Courts, but that are located in US territories outside the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are called US Territorial Courts. These were established as Article I tribunals, not Article III courts, like standard US District Courts.Examples of the US Territorial Courts include:US District Court for the Northern Mariana IslandsUS District Court for the District of GuamUS District Court for the US Virgin IslandsThe US Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over many cases heard in US Territorial Courts.US Territorial Courts.