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Courts of Louisiana include:
;State courts of Louisiana
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;Mayors Courts
There are 250 towns and villages in Louisiana with a mayor/magistrate court system in Louisiana.
;Justice of the Peace Courts
There are approximately 390 justice of the peace courts in Louisiana with judicial authority of a ward or district elected to six year terms.
National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites
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*Louisiana Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...
**Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal
The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts for the state of Louisiana.
There are five circuits, each covering a different group of parishes. Each circuit is subdivided into three districts.
As with the Louisi ...
(5 circuits)
*** Louisiana District Courts (42 districts)
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;Federal courts located in Louisiana
*United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following federal judicial districts:
* Eastern District of Louisiana
* M ...
(headquartered in New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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, Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
; having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas)
*United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (in case citations, E.D. La.) is a United States federal court based in New Orleans.
Appeals from the Eastern District of Louisiana are taken to the United States Court of Ap ...
*United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
The United States Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (in case citations, M.D. La.) comprises the parishes of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, Ascension, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, E ...
*United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (in case citations, W.D. La.) is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayett ...
;Former federal courts of Louisiana
*United States District Court for the District of Orleans
The United States District Court for the District of Orleans was a United States district court created on March 26, 1804, by 2 Stat. 283 for implementation on October 1, 1804 to resolve disputes in the Territory of Orleans, the portion of the Lo ...
( territorial court of the Territory of Orleans
The Territory of Orleans or Orleans Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from October 1, 1804, until April 30, 1812, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana.
History
In 1804, ...
, extinct, abolished when Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812)
*United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially covered an entire U.S. state, and was subdivided as the ...
(extinct, subdivided)
See also
*Judiciary of Louisiana
The Judiciary of Louisiana is defined under the Constitution and law of Louisiana and is composed of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal, the District Courts, the Justice of the Peace Courts, the Mayor's Courts, th ...
References
External links
National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites
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