United States district courts

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United States district courts are the federal trial courts where civil and criminal cases are initially heard and decided under U.S. federal law.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of United States district courts (United States district courts are the federal trial courts where civil and criminal cases are initially heard and decided under U.S. federal law.)

All labels observed (40)

Label Occurrences
United States district courts canonical 88
United States District Courts 55
United States district court division 27

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
federal trial court ⓘ
appealsGoTo regional United States courts of appeals ⓘ
appliesJurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
canImpose federal criminal sentences ⓘ
canIssue declaratory judgments ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
warrants ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
governingStatute Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
hasClerkOffice office of the clerk of court in each district ⓘ
hasHigherCourt United States courts of appeals ⓘ
hasHighestCourtAbove Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasJudgeType United States district judge ⓘ
United States magistrate judge ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ
cases involving foreign states in specified circumstances ⓘ
certain cases between citizens of different states ⓘ
civil actions involving the United States government as a party ⓘ
federal crimes ⓘ
hasJuryType civil jury in qualifying civil cases ⓘ
grand jury in criminal matters ⓘ
petit jury in criminal trials ⓘ
hasLawEnforcementArm United States Marshals Service operating in each district ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudicialDistricts 94 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hearsCaseType bankruptcy appeals in some instances ⓘ
cases arising under federal statutes ⓘ
cases arising under the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
cases arising under treaties of the United States ⓘ
civil cases under federal law ⓘ
criminal cases under federal law ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ
federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
includes United States district court in the District of Columbia ⓘ
United States district courts in Puerto Rico and certain U.S. territories ⓘ
United States district courts in each state ⓘ
judgeAppointmentBy President of the United States ⓘ
judgeConfirmationBy United States Senate ⓘ
judgeTerm life tenure during good behavior for Article III district judges ⓘ
locationScope geographic judicial districts defined by Congress ⓘ
magistrateJudgeTerm fixed term of years for magistrate judges ⓘ
partOf Article III courts of the United States ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
primaryFunction trial-level adjudication of federal cases ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States through certiorari ⓘ
usesAppellateRules Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts ⓘ
usesEvidenceRules Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
usesProcedureRules Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ

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Referenced by (281)

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

United States courts of appeals → above → United States district courts ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
Judicial Conference of the United States → jurisdiction → United States district courts ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → createdCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → definedJurisdictionOf → United States district courts ⓘ
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → originatingCourt → United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States v. Nixon → lowerCourt → United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States → lowerCourt → United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Tax Division → litigatesIn → United States District Courts ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Brown II → assignedResponsibilityTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the District of Maine ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States district courts → includes → United States district court in the District of Columbia ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States law → interpretedBy → United States district courts ⓘ
Assistant United States Attorney → worksIn → United States district court ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Title 28 of the United States Code → governs → United States district courts ⓘ
IRS Appeals Office → alternativeTo → United States District Courts in tax cases ⓘ
subject linked to: Appeals Office
linked to: United States district courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts in Virginia ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts in West Virginia ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts in North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → handlesAppealsFrom → United States district courts in South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States bankruptcy courts → locatedInJurisdiction → United States federal judicial districts ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States bankruptcy courts → subordinateTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States bankruptcy courts → appealsTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States bankruptcy courts → relatedTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Administrative Office of the United States Courts → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → reviewsDecisionsOf → United States District Court for the District of Arizona ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit → reviewsFrom → United States District Courts within the Tenth Circuit ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → appealFrom → United States District Courts in the Seventh Circuit ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Committee on Security and Facilities → scope → United States district courts ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 → transferredJurisdictionTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 → affectedCourt → United States district courts ⓘ
Committee on the Budget → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
United States territorial courts → differentFrom → United States district courts ⓘ
United States territorial courts → differentFrom → Article III courts ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Executive Office for United States Attorneys → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal judicial districts ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure → appliesTo → United States district courts ⓘ
Environmental Defense Section → litigatesIn → United States district courts ⓘ
United States in tax litigation → hasVenue → United States district courts ⓘ
United States Attorney → appearsBefore → United States District Court ⓘ
subject linked to: United States Attorneys
linked to: United States district courts
United States Magistrate Judge → worksAt → United States District Court ⓘ
subject linked to: United States Magistrate Judges
linked to: United States district courts
Western District of Washington → courtType → United States District Court ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island → partOf → United States District Courts ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma → partOf → United States district court system ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern District of Oklahoma
linked to: United States district courts
United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma → hasCategory → United States district courts ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern District of Oklahoma
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → partOf → United States District Courts ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → partOf → United States District Court system ⓘ
linked to: United States district courts