• In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state. State courts handle the vast majority of civil...
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  • The courts of the United States are closely linked hierarchical systems of courts at the federal and state levels. The federal courts form the judicial...
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  • In the United States, a state supreme court (known by other names in some states) is the highest court in the state judiciary of a U.S. state. On matters...
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    Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The number...
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  • All federal courts can be readily identified by the words "United States" (abbreviated to "U.S.") in their official names; no state court may include...
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    In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...
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    The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal...
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  • landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such...
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  • The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California...
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  • of lists of United States Supreme Court cases. The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal court of the United States. Court historians and...
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  • In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Each...
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  • The United States circuit courts were the intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system from 1789 until 1912. They were established...
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  • The United States territorial courts are tribunals established in territories of the United States by the United States Congress, pursuant to its power...
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  • State court may refer to: State court (United States) Judiciary of Australia#State and territory courts State Courts of Singapore Landesgericht (Germany)...
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  • Court of the United States. Article III courts (also called Article III tribunals) are the U.S. Supreme Court and the inferior courts of the United States...
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  • This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. Future argument dates are in...
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    40.71500; -74.00361 The United States Court of International Trade (case citations: Ct. Int'l Trade) is a U.S. federal court that adjudicates civil actions...
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    marriage in the United States expanded from one state (Massachusetts) in 2004 to all fifty states in 2015 through various court rulings, state legislation...
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  • United States bankruptcy courts are courts created under Article I of the United States Constitution. The current system of bankruptcy courts was created...
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    The United States Tax Court (in case citations, T.C.) is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution...
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