United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Louisiana, including the New Orleans area.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court
federal trial court
abbreviation E.D. La.
E.D.La.
appellateCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
appliesLaw Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
United States federal law
associatedWith United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
building Hale Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse
country United States of America
dateEstablished March 3, 1823
employs clerk of court
court staff
establishedBy United States Congress
governingBody Judicial Conference of the United States
handlesCaseType admiralty and maritime cases
bankruptcy appeals and related matters
cases arising under federal law
cases involving the United States government as a party
diversity jurisdiction cases
federal civil cases
federal criminal cases
hasDivision Eastern Division
hasJudgeType United States district judge
United States magistrate judge
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasWebsite https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/
hearsAppealsFrom United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
jurisdiction New Orleans metropolitan area
eastern region of Louisiana
legalSystem common law
locatedIn New Orleans, Louisiana
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
state of Louisiana
originallyPartOf United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
partOf United States District Courts
federal judiciary of the United States
region Gulf Coast
seat New Orleans, Louisiana
state Louisiana
subjectToReviewBy United States Supreme Court
typeOfJurisdiction original jurisdiction
underAuthorityOf Article III of the United States Constitution
uses jury trials in civil cases
jury trials in criminal cases

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ("United States District Court for the District of Louisiana")
originallyPartOf
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
reviewsCasesFrom

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