District of New Jersey

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The District of New Jersey is a federal judicial district encompassing the state of New Jersey, where federal cases are heard and prosecuted in the United States court system.

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Label Occurrences
District of New Jersey canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court ⓘ
federal judicial district ⓘ
abbreviation D.N.J. ⓘ
appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ
appellateCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ
authorizedJudgeships 17 ⓘ
category Federal courts in New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts

United States district courts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
courtType trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
covers all 21 counties of New Jersey ⓘ
defendedBy United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
enforces United States Code ⓘ
established 1789 ⓘ
establishedBy Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
governingStatute Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
handles bankruptcy appeals ⓘ
civil federal cases ⓘ
criminal federal cases ⓘ
hasBankruptcyCourt United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
hasClerk’sOfficeIn Camden, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden

Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Newark

Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
hasCourthouseIn Camden, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden

Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Newark

Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ
hasDivision Camden Vicinage ⓘ
Newark Vicinage ⓘ
Trenton Vicinage ⓘ
hasMagistrateJudges yes ⓘ
hears cases involving federal agencies ⓘ
cases involving the United States government as a party ⓘ
multi-district litigation assigned to the district (when designated) ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law ⓘ
state of New Jersey ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
partOf Third Circuit ⓘ
primaryCourthouse Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Newark ⓘ
prosecutionsHandledBy United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
seal Seal of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
subjectMatter admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ
bankruptcy appeals and related matters ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction ⓘ
federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
usesJuryTrials yes ⓘ

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