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.

Appeals

A formal ruling by a district court in either a civil or a criminal case can be appealed to the United States court of appeals in the federal judicial circuit that court is in, except that some district court rulings involving patents and claims against the United States must be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Related Topics:
United States court of appeals - Federal judicial circuit - United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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