Courts of Virginia

Courts of Virginia include:

State courts of Virginia

• Supreme Court of Virginia^[1]
  • Court of Appeals of Virginia^[2]
    • Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits)^[3]
      • Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts)^[4]
      • Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts)^[5]

Federal courts located in Virginia

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (headquartered in Richmond, 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 Virginia^[6]
• United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia^[7]

Former federal courts of Virginia

• United States District Court for the District of Virginia (extinct, subdivided)
• United States District Court for the District of Potomac (1801-1802; also contained the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland; extinct, reorganized)^[8]

See also

• Judiciary of Virginia

References

1. "Supreme Court of Virginia". Courts.state.va.us. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
2. "Court of Appeals of Virginia". Courts.state.va.us. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
3. "Circuit Courts". Courts.state.va.us. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
4. "General District Courts". Courts.state.va.us. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
5. "Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Courts". Courts.state.va.us. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
6. "U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia". Vaed.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
7. "US District Court - VAWD". Vawd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
8. Federal Judicial History: Federal Courts of the District of Columbia.

External links

• National Center for State Courts - directory of state court websites.