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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 2.090 | Review of appeal |
The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review upon appeal: 1. A judgment in an action or proceeding, commenced in a district court, when the matter in dispute is embraced in + See morethe general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and to review upon appeal from such judgment any intermediate order or decision involving the merits and necessarily affecting the judgment and, in a criminal action, any order changing or refusing to change the place of trial of the action or proceeding. 2. An order granting or refusing a new trial in such cases; an order in a civil action changing or refusing to change the place of trial of the action or proceeding after motion is made therefor in the cases in which that court has appellate jurisdiction; and from an order granting or refusing to grant an injunction or mandamus in the case provided for by law.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 2A.160 | Jurisdiction; review by Supreme Court | The Supreme Court shall fix by rule the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals and shall provide for the review, where appropriate, of appeals decided by the Court of Appeals. | Court of appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 3.0199 | Jurisdiction over matters arising from or relating to administration of Humboldt River Decree |
The Sixth and Eleventh Judicial District Courts have concurrent jurisdiction over all matters arising from or relating to the administration of the Humboldt River Decree. The venue for any case + See moreor proceeding arising from or relating to the Humboldt River Decree must be determined on an alternating basis between the Sixth and Eleventh Judicial District Courts.
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District court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 3.221 | Transfer of original jurisdiction to justice court |
If an action is filed in the district court and a district judge determines that the action is properly within the jurisdiction of the justice court pursuant to NRS 4.370, + See morethe district judge may transfer original jurisdiction of the action to the justice court.
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Justice court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 3.223 (West) | Jurisdiction of family courts |
1. Except if the child involved is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 et seq., + See morein each judicial district in which it is established, the family court has original, exclusive jurisdiction in any proceeding:(a) Brought pursuant to title 5 of NRS or chapter 31A, 123, 125, 125A, 125B, 125C, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 159, 425 or 432B of NRS, except to the extent that a specific statute authorizes the use of any other judicial or administrative procedure to facilitate the collection of an obligation for support.(b) Brought pursuant to NRS 442.255 and 442.2555 to request the court to issue an order authorizing an abortion.(c) For judicial approval of the marriage of a minor.(d) Otherwise within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.(e) To establish the date of birth, place of birth or parentage of a minor.(f) To change the name of a minor.(g) For a judicial declaration of the sanity of a minor.(h) To approve the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a person as authorized by law.(i) Brought pursuant to NRS 433A.200 to 433A.330, inclusive, for an involuntary court-ordered admission to a mental health facility.(j) Brought pursuant to NRS 441A.510 to 441A.720, inclusive, for an involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine.2. The family court, where established and, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (m) of subsection 1 of NRS 4.370, the justice court have concurrent jurisdiction over actions for the issuance of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence.3. The family court, where established, and the district court have concurrent jurisdiction over any action for damages brought pursuant to NRS 41.134 by a person who suffered injury as the proximate result of an act that constitutes domestic violence.
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Family Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 4.280 | Jurisdiction of justice of the peace with whom docket is deposited |
Any justice with whom the docket of his or her predecessor, or of any other justice, is deposited, has and may exercise over all actions and proceedings entered in such + See moredocket the same jurisdiction as if originally commenced before him or her. In case of the creation of a new county, or the change of the boundary between two counties, any justice into whose hands the docket of a justice formerly acting as such within the same territory may come, is, for the purposes of this section, considered the successor of such former justice.
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Justice of the peace | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 5.050 | Jurisdiction |
Municipal courts have jurisdiction of civil actions or proceedings:(a) For the violation of any ordinance of their respective cities.(b) To prevent or abate a nuisance within the limits of their + See morerespective cities.2. The municipal courts have jurisdiction of all misdemeanors committed in violation of the ordinances of their respective cities. Upon approval of the district court, a municipal court may transfer original jurisdiction of a misdemeanor to the district court for the purpose of assigning an offender to a program established pursuant to NRS 176A.250 or 176A.280.3. The municipal courts have jurisdiction of:(a) Any action for the collection of taxes or assessments levied for city purposes, when the principal sum thereof does not exceed $2,500.(b) Actions to foreclose liens in the name of the city for the nonpayment of those taxes or assessments when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500.(c) Actions for the breach of any bond given by any officer or person to or for the use or benefit of the city, and of any action for damages to which the city is a party, and upon all forfeited recognizances given to or for the use or benefit of the city, and upon all bonds given on appeals from the municipal court in any of the cases named in this section, when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500.(d) Actions for the recovery of personal property belonging to the city, when the value thereof does not exceed $2,500.(e) Actions by the city for the collection of any damages, debts or other obligations when the amount claimed, exclusive of costs or attorney's fees, or both if allowed, does not exceed $2,500.(f) Actions seeking an order pursuant to NRS 441A.195.
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Municipal court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 62B.300 | Exercise of jurisdiction by district courts; district courts termed juvenile courts for that purpose |
The district courts:1. To the extent specified in this title, shall have and exercise jurisdiction in all proceedings conducted pursuant to this title; and2. When exercising jurisdiction pursuant to the + See moreprovisions of this title, shall be termed juvenile courts.
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District court acting as juvenile court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 1.002 | Supreme Court jurisdiction |
The Supreme Court is the highest judicial tribunal of the judicial department of government in this state. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding judge of the + See morecourt and the administrative head of the judicial department of government in this state.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 2.516 | Court of Appeals jurisdiction |
Except where original jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court by the Oregon Constitution or by statute and except as provided in ORS 19.405 (Certification of appeal to Supreme Court) + See moreand 138.255 (Court of Appeals certification of appeal to Supreme Court in lieu of disposition), the Court of Appeals shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all appeals.
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Court of Appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 3.012 | Circuit Courts jurisdiction | The judicial districts, the counties constituting the judicial districts and the number of circuit court judges for each judicial district are as follows:… | Circuit Courts (36) | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 3.255(2) | Family Court jurisdiction | The judges of the circuit court need adequate court services to assist them in exercising jurisdiction over the family and family-related matters | Family Court (part of circuit courts) | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 3.260 | Juvenille Court jurisdiction | The circuit courts and the judges thereof shall exercise all juvenile court jurisdiction, authority, powers, functions and duties. | Juvenille Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 5.010 | County Court jurisdiction | The county court is held by the county judge, except when county business is being transacted therein. | County Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 1.001 | Supreme Court creation |
The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that, as a matter of statewide concern, it is in the best interests of the people of this state that the judicial branch of state + See moregovernment, including the appellate, tax and circuit courts, be funded and operated at the state level. The Legislative Assembly finds that state funding and operation of the judicial branch can provide for best statewide allocation of governmental resources according to the actual needs of the people and of the judicial branch by establishing an accountable, equitably funded and uniformly administered system of justice for all the people of this state
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Supreme Court | Creation of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 2.510 | Court of Appeals creation | As part of the judicial branch of state government, there is created a court of justice to be known as the Court of Appeals. | Court of Appeals | Creation of the courts |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 305.405 | Oregon Tax Court; creation; jurisdiction |
As part of the judicial branch of state government, there is created a court of justice to be known as the Oregon Tax Court. The tax court, in cases within its jurisdiction pursuant to ORS 305.410 (Authority of court in tax cases within its jurisdiction):(1) Is a court of record and of general jurisdiction, not limited, special or inferior jurisdiction. (2) Has the same powers as a circuit court. (3) Has and may exercise all ordinary and extraordinary legal, equitable and provisional remedies available in the circuit courts, as well as such additional remedies as may be assigned to it.
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Tax Court | Creation of the courts, Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-2-15 | Superior court |
The superior court shall have original jurisdiction of all crimes, offenses, and misdemeanors, except as otherwise provided by law, and shall sentence all persons found guilty before it to the punishment prescribed by law. All indictments found by grand juries shall be returned into the court.
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Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-8-3 | District court: Jurisdiction |
(a) The district court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of: (1) All civil actions at law, but not causes in equity or those following the course of equity except as provided in § 8-8-3.1 and chapter 8.1 of this title, wherein the amount in controversy does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000); (2) All actions between landlords and tenants pursuant to chapter 18 of title 34 and all other actions for possession of premises and estates notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section; (3) All actions of replevin where the goods and chattels to be replevied are of the value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less; (4) All violations of minimum housing standards whether established by chapter 24.3 of title 45 or by any municipal ordinance, rule, or regulation passed pursuant to the authority granted either by chapter 24.2 of title 45 or by special act of the general assembly governing minimum housing standards; except that in the event the city of Providence or town of North Providence shall by ordinance create a court for the purpose of exercising jurisdiction over violations of minimum housing standards, Providence Municipal Zoning Code and the Rhode Island State Building Code, chapter 27.3 of title 23, concerning properties which are not owned by the state, upon enactment of the ordinance, that court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of violations of the above listed codes and standards as defined herein occurring within the city of Providence or the town of North Providence, and the district court shall be without jurisdiction over those actions; (5) All suits and complaints for offenses against the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations of cities and towns whether passed by the cities or towns or under the law by the properly constituted authorities thereof; (6) All other actions, proceedings, and matters of whatever nature which are or shall be declared to be within the jurisdiction of the court by the laws of the state.
(b) The district court shall also have any special jurisdiction which is or may be conferred by charter or law upon justices of the peace if no special court exists or is created by charter or law for that purpose. (c) The district court shall have concurrent original jurisdiction with the superior court of all civil actions at law wherein the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); Provided, however, that in any such action, any one or more defendants may in the answer to the complaint demand removal of the action to the superior court, in which event the action shall proceed as if it had been filed originally in the superior court. (d) The district court shall have special jurisdiction to grant relief as set forth under § 15-15-4(b)(1). |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-8.2-2 | Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal |
(a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, all probationary license hearings as provided in § 31-10-26, all violations of the department of transportation, department of environmental management or board of governors for higher education regulations regarding parking, standing, or stopping in areas under the jurisdiction of said agencies, all violations of state statutes relating to motor vehicles, littering and traffic offenses, except those traffic offenses committed in places within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and except driving so as to endanger resulting in death, driving so as to endanger resulting in personal injury, driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs, driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs resulting in death, driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs resulting in serious bodily injury, reckless driving and other offenses against public safety as provided in § 31-27-4, eluding a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle in a high speed pursuit, driving after denial, suspension or revocation of license, and leaving the scene of an accident in violation of § 31-26-1 and § 31-26-2, and driving without the consent of the owner and possession of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of § 31-9-1 and § 31-9-2, shall be heard and determined by the traffic tribunal pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal; provided, however, the traffic tribunal shall not hear any parking, standing or stopping violations which occur in any city or town which has established its own municipal court and has jurisdiction over such violations. Nothing contained herein shall abrogate the powers of the Rhode Island family court under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14.
(b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the traffic tribunal shall have concurrent jurisdiction to hear and determine, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal, all violations of any ordinances, rules and regulations governing the public waters and the speed, management and control of all vessels and the size, type and location and use of all anchorages and moorings within the jurisdiction of the towns of North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Portsmouth, Middletown, Narragansett and Tiverton enforced and supervised by the harbormaster and referred to the traffic tribunal, and the terms traffic violations and traffic infraction when used in this chapter shall include the aforesaid violations and such violations shall be adjudicated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing contained herein shall abrogate the powers of the Rhode Island coastal management council under the provisions of chapter 23 of title 46. (c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the traffic tribunal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the chief magistrate of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal, all civil violations for §§ 20-1-12, 20-11-20, 20-16-17, 23-22.5-9, 32-2-4, subparagraphs 21-28-4.01(c)(2)(iii) and 21-28-4.01(c)(2)(iv) and subsection 46-22-19(1) as set forth in § 42-17.10-1. (d) A party aggrieved by a final order of the traffic tribunal appeals panel shall be entitled to a review of the order by a judge of the district court. Unless otherwise provided in the rules of procedure of the district court, such review shall be on the record and appellate in nature. The district court shall by rules of procedure establish procedures for review of an order entered by the appeals panel of the traffic tribunal. (e) Violations of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation referenced in this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4, except for violations of subparagraphs 21-28-4.01(c)(2)(iii) and 21-28-4.01(c)(2)(iv). |
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