U.S. federal courts

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court system judicial branch of government

U.S. federal courts are the national judiciary of the United States, responsible for interpreting and applying federal law through a system of district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
United States federal courts	108
United States federal court	11
U.S. federal courts canonical	7
federal courts of the United States	7
United States Courts	3
federal court system of the United States	3
U.S. courts	2
Article III court system of the United States	1
Michigan federal district courts	1
United States federal and California state courts	1
United States federal court system	1
United States federal courts in Hawaii	1
United States federal courts in the District of Columbia	1
United States federal courts system	1
United States federal judicial division	1
United States in civil cases in New Jersey federal courts	1
United States judiciary	1
federal court of the United States	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ judicial branch of government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
appointmentMethod	presidential nomination with Senate confirmation ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	Judicial branch of the United States government ⓘ surface form: Judicial branch of the United States
canReview	acts of Congress for constitutionality ⓘ executive branch actions for constitutionality ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
courtOfLastResort	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
employs	Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court justices United States circuit judges ⓘ United States federal judges ⓘ surface form: United States district judges
established	1789 ⓘ
establishedBy	Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
foundationDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
hasCourtLevel	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court United States courts of appeals ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ
hasNumberOfRegionalCircuits	13 ⓘ
hasSpecializedCourt	United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ surface form: United States Bankruptcy Courts United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ United States Court of International Trade ⓘ United States Tax Court ⓘ
hasTopCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
headquartersOfTopCourt	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
includes	11 numbered regional courts of appeals ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ surface form: Federal Circuit
intermediateAppellateCourts	United States courts of appeals ⓘ
judgesTerm	life tenure during good behavior ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ cases arising under U.S. treaties ⓘ cases arising under federal statutes ⓘ cases arising under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ certain cases between citizens of different states ⓘ disputes between states ⓘ federal questions ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
lowestLevelCourts	United States district courts ⓘ
oversees	application of federal law ⓘ interpretation of federal law ⓘ
partOf	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
subjectTo	judicial review by higher federal courts ⓘ
usesLegalSystem	common law system ⓘ

Referenced by (152)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bankruptcy Reporter → jurisdictionCovered → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

West American Digest System → primaryJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

West’s Federal Reporter → jurisdictionCovered → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals → operator → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts

Byron White United States Courthouse → usedBy → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 65 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 → appliesToJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 37 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 72 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Federal Equity Rules of 1912 → appliesTo → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

42 U.S.C. § 1983 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 8 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 11 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

United States federal judges → appliesToJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Treaties of the United States → enforcedBy → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 15 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 41 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 56 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 82 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii → appliesToJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts in Hawaii

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey → represents → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States in civil cases in New Jersey federal courts

clear and present danger test → usedBy → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary → servesCourtSystem → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Joe G. Garcia → jurisdictionOfCase → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

United States v. One Book Called Ulysses → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

James Kent → influenced → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. courts

Robert L. Carter → workLocation → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Ray Nagin → chargeJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal court

John Hugh McNary → appliesToJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 1 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Rule 1 (Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure)

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 4 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 11 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 21 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 32 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 41 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 44 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

United States national security law → keyInstitution → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal courts of the United States

Rule 5 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 12 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 23 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 33 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 7 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Rule 35 → jurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law → legalSystemContext → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Phillips Nizer LLP (former) → operatesInJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Phillips Nizer LLP

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

April DeBoer → jurisdictionOfCase → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Ijpe DeKoe → legalCaseJurisdiction → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Abigail Noel Fisher → legalActionFiledIn → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts

Judiciary of the Northern Mariana Islands → operatesAlongside → U.S. federal courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts