A Typical State Judicial System

HIGHEST-LEVEL APPELLATE COURT

(A state's highest court) (Usually called the State Supreme Court; some­times called the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Judicial Court)  

Typically, 5 to 9 judges

INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE OR REVIEWING COURTS

  (Found in 41 of the 50 states)  

Generally, 3 judges per Panel

TRIAL COURTS General Jurisdiction

(Called, for example, Circuit Courts or Superior Courts)

LAW EQUITY

(Usually presided over by judges, although some states have justices of the peace or magistrates)

LOWER TRIAL COURTS Nonjury – Limited Jurisdiction

(In some states, handled by several types of courts; in others, by the same trial court)

Housing (Rent) Courts

Small Claims Courts

Probate (Orphan’s) Courts

County or Municipal Courts

Juvenile Courts

Domestic Relations Courts

(Maximum amounts vary, depending on the state, from $200 to about $5,000)

Criminal Courts

(Serious criminal cases tend to be handled by the general jurisdiction trial courts)

Traffic Courts

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