Circuit courts are the trial courts with the broadest powers in Michigan. In Michigan, circuit courts handle all felony criminal cases that could result...

States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the...

Circuit courts are court systems in several common law jurisdictions. It may refer to: Courts that literally sit 'on circuit', i.e., judges move around...

courts of Michigan Michigan Supreme Court Michigan Court of Appeals Michigan Circuit Courts Michigan District Courts Michigan Probate Courts Michigan...

jurisdiction as United States circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Due to the Toledo War,...

judgeship. The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as United States circuit courts, except in appeals...

consists of the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals as the intermediate appellate court, the circuit courts and district courts as the two...

court was expanded to five justices and the 1850 Michigan constitution provided that they be elected for six-year terms. In 1858, the Circuit Courts were...

The United States circuit courts were the intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system from 1789 until 1912. They were established...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It has appellate...

States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts: Middle...

district courts within their borders. The District of Columbia Circuit covers only Washington, DC. The Federal Circuit hears appeals from federal courts across...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory...

States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the...

States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the...

Courts of Michigan include: State courts of Michigan Michigan Supreme Court The Supreme Court is Michigan's court of last resort, consisting of seven...

County. The National Center for State Courts has cited the Third Circuit Court as one of the model urban courts in the United States for case flow management...

States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the...

District courts are courts of limited jurisdiction in the State of Michigan. They were established by the State Legislature in Act 236 of 1961 to consolidate...

Western District of Washington The Ninth Circuit also has appellate jurisdiction over the territorial courts for the District of Guam and the District...

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in case citations, Fed. Cir. or C.A.F.C.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It...

States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (in case citations, 10th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the...

Minnesota. It is one of 13 United States courts of appeals. In 1929, Congress passed a statute dividing the Eighth Circuit that placed Minnesota, Iowa, North...

United States Courts of Appeals. As of December 12, 2024[update]: Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their circuits, and preside...

Court of Claims by statue operates like the Michigan Circuit Courts. The Michigan Court of Claims held its first hearing on January 17, 1940. Circuit...

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals...

district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially...

Business courts, sometimes referred to as commercial courts, are specialized courts for legal cases involving commercial law, internal business disputes...

was abolished on March 1, 1847, with its jurisdiction given to the circuit courts. During this time, only two men served as Chancellor. The Chancellor...

judges to depart from that precedent. Unlike the circuits of the federal courts, the Michigan Court of Appeal's precedents apply are applied statewide...