United States district courts

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court system federal trial court

United States district courts are the federal trial courts where civil and criminal cases are initially heard and decided under U.S. federal law.

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All labels observed (39)

Label Occurrences
United States district courts canonical 79
United States District Courts 50
United States district court division 27

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
federal trial court ⓘ
appealsGoTo regional United States courts of appeals ⓘ
appliesJurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
canImpose federal criminal sentences ⓘ
canIssue declaratory judgments ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
warrants ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
governingStatute Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
hasClerkOffice office of the clerk of court in each district ⓘ
hasHigherCourt United States courts of appeals ⓘ
hasHighestCourtAbove Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasJudgeType United States district judge ⓘ
United States magistrate judge ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ
cases involving foreign states in specified circumstances ⓘ
certain cases between citizens of different states ⓘ
civil actions involving the United States government as a party ⓘ
federal crimes ⓘ
hasJuryType civil jury in qualifying civil cases ⓘ
grand jury in criminal matters ⓘ
petit jury in criminal trials ⓘ
hasLawEnforcementArm United States Marshals Service operating in each district ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudicialDistricts 94 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hearsCaseType bankruptcy appeals in some instances ⓘ
cases arising under federal statutes ⓘ
cases arising under the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
cases arising under treaties of the United States ⓘ
civil cases under federal law ⓘ
criminal cases under federal law ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ
federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
includes United States district courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States district court in the District of Columbia

United States territorial courts ⓘ
surface form: United States district courts in Puerto Rico and certain U.S. territories

United States district courts in each state ⓘ
judgeAppointmentBy President of the United States ⓘ
judgeConfirmationBy United States Senate ⓘ
judgeTerm life tenure during good behavior for Article III district judges ⓘ
locationScope geographic judicial districts defined by Congress ⓘ
magistrateJudgeTerm fixed term of years for magistrate judges ⓘ
partOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Article III courts of the United States

federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
primaryFunction trial-level adjudication of federal cases ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States through certiorari ⓘ
usesAppellateRules Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts ⓘ
usesEvidenceRules rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ
surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
usesProcedureRules United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

Referenced by (248)

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

United States courts of appeals → above → United States district courts ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
Judicial Conference of the United States → jurisdiction → United States district courts ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → createdCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → definedJurisdictionOf → United States district courts ⓘ
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → originatingCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
United States v. Nixon → lowerCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → lowerCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Tax Division → litigatesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
Brown II → assignedResponsibilityTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court for the District of Maine
United States district courts → includes → United States district courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district court in the District of Columbia
United States law → interpretedBy → United States district courts ⓘ
Assistant United States Attorneys → worksIn → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: Assistant United States Attorney
this entity surface form: United States district court
Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure → governs → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: Title 28 of the United States Code
Appeals Office → alternativeTo → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: IRS Appeals Office
this entity surface form: United States District Courts in tax cases
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in Virginia
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in West Virginia
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in North Carolina
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in South Carolina
United States bankruptcy courts → locatedInJurisdiction → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal judicial districts
United States bankruptcy courts → subordinateTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States bankruptcy courts → appealsTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States bankruptcy courts → relatedTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Administrative Office of the United States Courts → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → reviewsDecisionsOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court for the District of Arizona
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit → reviewsFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts within the Tenth Circuit
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → appliesToCourtSystem → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → appealFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts in the Seventh Circuit
Committee on Security and Facilities → scope → United States district courts ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 → transferredJurisdictionTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 → affectedCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
Committee on the Budget → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States territorial courts → differentFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
United States territorial courts → differentFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article III courts
Executive Office for United States Attorneys → appliesToJurisdiction → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal judicial districts
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → litigatesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
Environmental Defense Section → litigatesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
United States in tax litigation → hasVenue → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Attorneys → appearsBefore → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Attorney
this entity surface form: United States District Court
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts → category → United States district courts ⓘ
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts → governsAppealsFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Magistrate Judges → worksAt → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Magistrate Judge
this entity surface form: United States District Court
Western District of Washington → courtType → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
Eastern District of Oklahoma → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
this entity surface form: United States district court system
Northern District of Oklahoma → hasCategory → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system