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 District Court for the District of Vermont → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system
United States District Court for the District of Maryland → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi → hasCategory → United States district courts ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board → appealTo → United States district courts ⓘ
federal pretrial services system → collaboratesWith → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. district courts
AOUSC → supportsBody → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
Article I – General Provisions → appliesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
Article II – Judicial Notice → appliesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits → appliesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal trial courts
Article V – Privileges → bindingOn → United States district courts ⓘ
Article VIII – Hearsay → effectiveIn → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal trial courts
Federal Supplement → coversCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 → allocatesJurisdictionTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 → relatedTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 → relatedTo → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article III courts
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
CA9 → levelOfAppealFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington → isPartOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system
United States District Court for the District of Nevada → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system
United States District Court for the District of Montana → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas → hasCategory → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in Arkansas
Western District of Oklahoma → trialLevel → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district court
Western District of Oklahoma → category → United States district courts ⓘ
District of Colorado → category → United States district courts ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the District of Colorado
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois → hasCategory → United States district courts ⓘ
CA7 → reviewsDecisionsOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in Illinois
CA7 → reviewsDecisionsOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in Indiana
CA7 → reviewsDecisionsOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States district courts in Wisconsin
Tucker Act jurisdiction → grantsJurisdictionTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court system
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey → category → United States district courts ⓘ
Public Law 61-475 → transferredJurisdictionTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Public Law 61-475 → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Rule 72 → bindingOn → United States district courts ⓘ
Federal Equity Rules of 1912 → appliesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
Machine Gun Kelly → convictedBy → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana → hasCategory → United States district courts ⓘ
Rule 15 → bindingOn → United States district courts ⓘ
Rule 41 → appliesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
Rule 82 → bindingOn → United States district courts ⓘ
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia → partOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
Wilton Rancheria → federalRecognitionRestoredBy → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court
United States sovereign immunity law → interpretedBy → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts
U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii → isPartOf → United States district courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Courts system