Courts of Kentucky
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Courts of Kentucky include:
Kentucky Court of Justice
Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution
passed by the state's voters in 1975, judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:
Federal courts located in this state
Former federal courts of Kentucky
Kentucky Court of Justice
Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution
Kentucky Constitution
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the document that governs the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was first adopted in 1792 and has since been rewritten three times and amended many more...
passed by the state's voters in 1975, judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:
- Kentucky Supreme CourtKentucky Supreme CourtThe Kentucky Supreme Court was created by a 1975 constitutional amendment and is the state supreme court of the commonwealth of Kentucky. Prior to that the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky...
- Kentucky Court of AppealsKentucky Court of AppealsThe Kentucky Court of Appeals is the lower of Kentucky's two appellate courts, under the Kentucky Supreme Court. Prior to a 1975 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky....
- Kentucky Circuit CourtsKentucky Circuit CourtsThe Kentucky Circuit Courts are the state courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kentucky.The Circuit Courts are trial courts with original jurisdiction in cases involving capital offenses, felonies, land disputes, contested probates of wills, and civil lawsuits in disputes with an...
(57 circuits)- Kentucky District Courts (60 judicial districts)
- Kentucky Circuit Courts
- Kentucky Court of Appeals
Federal courts located in this state
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of KentuckyUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of KentuckyThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises approximately the Eastern half of the state of Kentucky....
- United States District Court for the Western District of KentuckyUnited States District Court for the Western District of KentuckyThe United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is the federal district court for the western part of the state of Kentucky....
Former federal courts of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the District of Kentucky (extinct, subdivided)