United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of the state of Iowa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Southern District of Iowa	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
apexCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
employs	United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ surface form: United States bankruptcy judges United States federal judges ⓘ surface form: United States district judges United States magistrate judges ⓘ
governingLaw	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
handles	cases arising under federal law ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal civil litigation ⓘ federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	federal agencies operating within the Southern District of Iowa in appropriate cases ⓘ
hasBuilding	United States Courthouse in Council Bluffs ⓘ United States Courthouse in Davenport ⓘ United States Courthouse in Des Moines ⓘ
hasFunction	interpretation and application of federal law in its district ⓘ resolution of disputes under the United States Constitution and federal statutes ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Central Division ⓘ Eastern Division ⓘ Western Division ⓘ
hasType	Article III court ⓘ
hasWebsite	official website of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ⓘ
hearsAppealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ southern region of Iowa ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern District of Iowa
location	Iowa ⓘ
partOf	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Eighth Circuit federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
regionServed	southern counties of Iowa ⓘ
seat	Council Bluffs ⓘ surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa Davenport, Iowa ⓘ Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
subjectTo	review by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
uses	jury trials in appropriate cases ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa → locatedIn → United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern District of Iowa

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District → lowerCourt → United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa ⓘ