United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of both law and equity. There is a United States bankruptcy court in each U.S. district court. There is at least one courthouse in each federal judicial district, and some large districts have more than one. The formal name of a district court is, for example, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Trial court - United States federal court system - Law - Equity - United States bankruptcy court - Federal judicial district - United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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There is at least one judicial district for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Insular areas other than Puerto Rico (and Palmyra Island, which is included in the District of Hawaii) are not federal judicial districts and therefore do not have a United States District Court, although several of these areas have a court called the "district court" that operates similarly to a United States District Court.

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State - District of Columbia - Puerto Rico - Insular area - Palmyra Island - Hawaii

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