U.S. federal courts

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U.S. federal courts are the national judiciary of the United States, responsible for interpreting and applying federal law through a system of district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court.

All labels observed (21)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
judicial branch of government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
appointmentMethod presidential nomination with Senate confirmation ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
canReview acts of Congress for constitutionality ⓘ
executive branch actions for constitutionality ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
courtOfLastResort Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
employs United States Supreme Court justices ⓘ
United States circuit judges ⓘ
United States district judges ⓘ
established 1789 ⓘ
establishedBy Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
foundationDocument United States Constitution ⓘ
hasCourtLevel United States Supreme Court ⓘ
United States courts of appeals ⓘ
United States district courts ⓘ
hasNumberOfRegionalCircuits 13 ⓘ
hasSpecializedCourt United States Bankruptcy Courts ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
United States Court of International Trade ⓘ
United States Tax Court ⓘ
hasTopCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
headquartersOfTopCourt Washington, D.C. ⓘ
includes 11 numbered regional courts of appeals ⓘ
District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
Federal Circuit ⓘ
intermediateAppellateCourts United States courts of appeals ⓘ
judgesTerm life tenure during good behavior ⓘ
jurisdictionOver admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ
cases arising under U.S. treaties ⓘ
cases arising under federal statutes ⓘ
cases arising under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
certain cases between citizens of different states ⓘ
disputes between states ⓘ
federal questions ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
lowestLevelCourts United States district courts ⓘ
oversees application of federal law ⓘ
interpretation of federal law ⓘ
partOf federal government of the United States ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review by higher federal courts ⓘ
usesLegalSystem common law system ⓘ

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Referenced by (246)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bankruptcy Reporter → jurisdictionCovered → U.S. federal courts ⓘ
West American Digest System → primaryJurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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West’s Federal Reporter → jurisdictionCovered → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals → operator → United States Courts ⓘ
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Byron White United States Courthouse → usedBy → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 65 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 37 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 72 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Federal Equity Rules of 1912 → appliesTo → United States federal courts ⓘ
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42 U.S.C. § 1983 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 8 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 11 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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United States federal judges → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Treaties of the United States → enforcedBy → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 15 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 41 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 56 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 82 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal courts in Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey → represents → United States in civil cases in New Jersey federal courts ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
clear and present danger test → usedBy → U.S. federal courts ⓘ
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary → servesCourtSystem → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Joe G. Garcia → jurisdictionOfCase → United States federal courts ⓘ
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United States v. One Book Called Ulysses → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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James Kent → influenced → U.S. courts ⓘ
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Robert L. Carter → workLocation → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Ray Nagin → chargeJurisdiction → United States federal court ⓘ
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John Hugh McNary → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 1 (Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure) → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
subject linked to: Rule 1
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Rule 4 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 11 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 21 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 32 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 41 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 44 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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United States national security law → keyInstitution → federal courts of the United States ⓘ
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Rule 5 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 12 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 23 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 33 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 7 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Rule 35 → jurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law → legalSystemContext → United States federal courts ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
Phillips Nizer LLP → operatesInJurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
subject linked to: Phillips Nizer LLP (former)
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April DeBoer → jurisdictionOfCase → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Ijpe DeKoe → legalCaseJurisdiction → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Abigail Noel Fisher → legalActionFiledIn → United States federal courts ⓘ
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Judiciary of the Northern Mariana Islands → operatesAlongside → United States federal courts ⓘ
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