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| 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
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| INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE OR REVIEWING COURTS | (Found in 41 of the 50 states) | ||||
Generally, 3 judges per Panel
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| TRIAL COURTS General Jurisdiction | (Called, for example, Circuit Courts or Superior Courts) | ||||
LAW EQUITY
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| (Usually presided over by judges, although some states have justices of the peace or magistrates) | |||||
LOWER TRIAL COURTS Nonjury – Limited Jurisdiction
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| (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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