Courts of Virginia
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Courts of Virginia include:
State courts of Virginia
Federal courts located in Virginia
Former federal courts of Virginia
State courts of Virginia
- Supreme Court of VirginiaSupreme Court of VirginiaThe Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial-level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of...
- Court of Appeals of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of VirginiaThe Court of Appeals of Virginia, established January 1, 1985, is an eleven-judge body that hears appeals from decisions of Virginia's circuit courts and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The Court sits in panels of at least three judges, and sometimes hears cases en banc...
- Virginia Circuit CourtVirginia Circuit CourtThe Virginia Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $4,500 and has...
(120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits)- Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts)
- Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts)
- Virginia Circuit Court
- Court of Appeals of Virginia
Federal courts located in Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:*District of Maryland*Eastern District of North Carolina...
(headquartered in RichmondRichmond, VirginiaRichmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia) - United States District Court for the Eastern District of VirginiaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of VirginiaThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia...
- United States District Court for the Western District of VirginiaUnited States District Court for the Western District of VirginiaThe United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is a United States district court.Appeals from the Western District of Virginia are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (in...
Former federal courts of Virginia
- United States District Court for the District of Virginia (extinct, subdivided)
- United States District Court for the District of PotomacUnited States District Court for the District of PotomacThe United States District Court for the District of Potomac was a short-lived United States federal court. Named for the Potomac River, it had jurisdiction over the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland and Virginia, making it the first United States district court to cross state lines...
(1801-1802; also contained the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland; extinct, reorganized)