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California | Cal. Con. art. VI, § 2 | Supreme Court; justices; time for convening; concurrence required for judgment; acting Chief Justice |
The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice ofCalifornia and 6 associate justices. The Chief Justice may convene
the court at any time. Concurrence of 4 judges present at + See morethe
argument is necessary for a judgment.
An acting Chief Justice shall perform all functions of the Chief
Justice when the Chief Justice is absent or unable to act. The Chief
Justice or, if the Chief Justice fails to do so, the court shall
select an associate justice as acting Chief Justice.
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Supreme Court | Creation of the courts |
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California | Cal. Con. art. VI, § 3 | Courts of appeal; districts; divisions; power; concurrence required for judgment; acting presiding justice |
The Legislature shall divide the State into districts eachcontaining a court of appeal with one or more divisions. Each
division consists of a presiding justice and 2 or more associate
justices. + See more It has the power of a court of appeal and shall conduct
itself as a 3-judge court. Concurrence of 2 judges present at the
argument is necessary for a judgment.
An acting presiding justice shall perform all functions of the
presiding justice when the presiding justice is absent or unable to
act. The presiding justice or, if the presiding justice fails to do
so, the Chief Justice shall select an associate justice of that
division as acting presiding justice.
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Court of Appeals | Creation of the courts |
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California | Cal. Con. Art. VI, Sec. 4 | Superior courts; officers and employees; appellate divisions |
In each county there is a superior court of one or morejudges. The Legislature shall prescribe the number of judges and
provide for the officers and employees of each superior + See morecourt. If
the governing body of each affected county concurs, the Legislature
may provide that one or more judges serve more than one superior
court.
In each superior court there is an appellate division. The Chief
Justice shall assign judges to the appellate division for specified
terms pursuant to rules, not inconsistent with statute, adopted by
the Judicial Council to promote the independence of the appellate
division.
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Superior Court | Creation of the courts |
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California | Cal. Con. art. VI, § 12 | Supreme Court; review | The Supreme Court may review the decision of a court of appeal in any cause. | Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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California | Cal. Const. art. VI, § 1 | Judicial power | The judicial power of this State is vested in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts, all of which are courts of record. | Judicial power generally | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § III, Para. I | Jurisdiction of Classes of Courts of Limited Jurisdiction |
The magistrate, juvenile, and state courts shall have uniform jurisdiction as provided by law. Probate courts shall have such jurisdiction as now or hereafter provided by law, without regard to uniformity.
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Magistrate | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § IV, Para. I | Jurisdiction of Superior Courts |
The superior courts shall have jurisdiction in all cases, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. They shall have exclusive jurisdiction over trials in felony cases, except in the case of juvenile offenders as provided by law; in cases respecting title to land; and in divorce cases. They shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state-wide business court in equity cases. A superior court by agreement of the parties may order removal of a case to the state-wide business court as provided by law. The superior courts shall have such appellate jurisdiction, either alone or by circuit or district, as may be provided by law.
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Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-6-8 | Jurisdiction and Powers of Superior Courts |
The superior courts have authority: (1) To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction, as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal, granted to them by the Constitution and laws; (2) To exercise the powers of a court of equity; (3) To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the probate or magistrate courts as provided by law; (4) To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the judgments of: (A) Magistrates; (B) Municipal courts or councils; (C) Any inferior judicature; (D) Any person exercising judicial powers; and (E) Judges of the probate courts, except in cases touching the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration, in which a jury must be impaneled; (5) To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and (6) To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution, as are or may be given to such courts by law.
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Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § V, Para. III | Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals; Decisions Binding |
The Court of Appeals shall be a court of review and shall exercise appellate and certiorari jurisdiction in all cases not reserved to the Supreme Court or conferred on other courts by law. The decisions of the Court of Appeals insofar as not in conflict with those of the Supreme Court shall bind all courts except the Supreme Court as precedents.
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Court of Appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § VI, Para. II | Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction of Supreme Court |
The Supreme Court shall be a court of review and shall exercise exclusive appellate jurisdiction in the following cases: (1) All cases involving the construction of a treaty or of the Constitution of the State of Georgia or of the United States and all cases in which the constitutionality of a law, ordinance, or constitutional provision has been drawn in question; and (2) All cases of election contest.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § VI, Para. III | General appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court |
Unless otherwise provided by law, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction of the following classes of cases:(1) Cases involving title to land; (2) All equity cases; (3) All cases involving wills; (4) All habeas corpus cases; (5) All cases involving extraordinary remedies; (6) All divorce and alimony cases; (7) All cases certified to it by the Court of Appeals; and (8) All cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed. Review of all cases shall be as provided by law.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § VI, Para. IV | Jurisdiction Over Questions of Law From State Appellate or Federal District or Appellate Courts |
The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to answer any question of law from any state appellate or federal district or appellate court. |
Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Const. Art. VI, § I, Para. I | Judicial Power of the State |
The judicial power of the state shall be vested exclusively in the following classes of courts: magistrate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, state courts, superior courts, state-wide business court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude a superior court from creating a business court division for its circuit in a manner provided by law. Magistrate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, and state courts shall be courts of limited jurisdiction. In addition, the General Assembly may establish or authorize the establishment of municipal courts and may authorize administrative agencies to exercise quasi-judicial powers. Municipal courts shall have jurisdiction over ordinance violations and such other jurisdiction as provided by law. Except as provided in this paragraph and in Section X, municipal courts, county recorder's courts and civil courts in existence on June 30, 1983, and administrative agencies shall not be subject to the provisions of this article. The General Assembly shall have the authority to confer "by law" jurisdiction upon municipal courts to try state offenses.
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Courts generally | Creation of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-3-3 | Jurisdiction over Certain Crimes |
Pursuant to Article VI, Section V, Paragraph III of the Constitution of this state, the Court of Appeals shall have jurisdiction of the trial and correction of errors of law in cases involving the crimes of armed robbery, rape, and kidnapping wherein the death penalty has not been imposed.
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Courts of Appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-2-8 | Powers of Court Generally |
The Supreme Court has authority: (1) To exercise appellate jurisdiction, and in no appellate case to hear facts or examine witnesses; (2) To hear and determine all cases, civil and criminal, that may come before it; to grant judgments of affirmance or reversal, or any other order, direction, or decree required therein; and, if necessary, to make a final disposition of a case in the manner prescribed elsewhere in this Code; (3) To grant any writ necessary to carry out any purpose of its organization or to compel any inferior tribunal or officers thereof to obey its order; (4) To appoint its own officers and to commission any person to execute any specific order it may make; (5) To establish, amend, and alter its own rules of practice and to regulate the admission of attorneys to the practice of law; (6) To punish for contempt by the infliction of a fine as high as $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or both; and (7) To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution of this state, as given to it by law. This paragraph shall not be interpreted to abrogate the inherent power of the court.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-3-3.1 | Appellate Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals |
(a) Pursuant to Article VI, Section VI, Paragraph III of the Constitution of this state, the Court of Appeals rather than the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction in the following classes of cases: (1) Cases involving title to land; (2) All equity cases, except those cases concerning proceedings in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed and those cases concerning the execution of a sentence of death; (3) All cases involving wills; (4) All cases involving extraordinary remedies, except those cases concerning proceedings in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed and those cases concerning the execution of a sentence of death; (5) All divorce and alimony cases; and (6) All other cases not reserved to the Supreme Court or conferred on other courts; (b) This Code section shall not otherwise affect the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals.
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Courts of Appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-5A-1 | Establishment |
There shall be a state-wide business court as provided for in Article VI of the Constitution of this state to be known as the Georgia State-wide Business Court. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a superior court from creating or continuing an existing business court division for its circuit on or after May 7, 2019, or preclude a state court from creating or continuing an existing business court division on or after the May 7, 2019, in the manner provided by law.
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Other | Creation of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-5A-3 | Authority of Court |
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, pursuant to the process provided for in Code Section 15-5A-4, the Georgia State-wide Business Court shall have authority to:(1) Exercise concurrent jurisdiction and the powers of a court of equity, to the extent that such powers are exercised:(A) Notwithstanding the amount in controversy, where equity relief is requested in claims: (i) Arising under Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 9, the "Georgia Arbitration Code"; (ii) Arising under Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 9, the "Georgia International Commercial Arbitration Code," for which an application may be made to a court of this state; (iii) Arising under Article 27 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the "Georgia Trade Secrets Act of 1990"; (iv) Involving securities, including, but not limited to, disputes arising under Chapter 5 of Title 10, the "Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008"; (v) Arising under Title 11, the "Uniform Commercial Code"; (vi) Arising under Chapter 2 of Title 14, the "Georgia Business Corporation Code"; (vii) Arising under Chapter 8 of Title 14, the "Uniform Partnership Act"; (viii) Arising under Chapter 9 of Title 14, the "Georgia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act"; (ix) Arising under Chapter 9A of Title 14, the "Uniform Limited Partnership Act"; (x) Arising under Chapter 11 of Title 14, the "Georgia Limited Liability Company Act"; (xi) That relate to the internal affairs of businesses, including, but not limited to, rights or obligations between or among business participants regarding the liability or indemnity of business participants, officers, directors, managers, trustees, or partners; (xii) Arising under federal law over which courts of this state have concurrent jurisdiction; (xiii) Where the complaint includes a professional malpractice claim arising out of a business dispute; (xiv) Involving tort claims between or among two or more business entities or individuals as to their business or investment activities relating to contracts, transactions, or relationships between or among such entities or individuals; (xv) For breach of contract, fraud, or misrepresentation between businesses arising out of business transactions or relationships; (xvi) Arising from e-commerce agreements; technology licensing agreements, including, but not limited to, software and biotechnology license agreements; or any other agreement involving the licensing of any intellectual property right, including, but not limited to, an agreement relating to patent rights; and (xvii) Involving commercial real property; and (B) Where damages are requested the amount in controversy shall be at least: (i) One million dollars for claims under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph involving commercial real property; or (ii) Five hundred thousand dollars for claims under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph not involving commercial real property; (2) Have supplemental jurisdiction over all pending claims that are so related to the claims in cases provided for under paragraph (1) of this subsection that such pending claims form part of the same case or controversy; (3) Punish contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and (4) Exercise such other powers, not contrary to the Constitution, as are or may be given to such a court by law; (b) The Georgia State-wide Business Court shall not have authority to exercise jurisdiction over claims arising under federal or state law, as applicable, involving: (1) Physical injury inflicted upon the body of a person or death; (2) Mental or emotional injury inflicted upon a person; (3) Physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the body of a person; (4) A threat of physical violence toward another person; (5) Matters arising under Title 19; (6) Residential landlord and tenant disputes; (7) Foreclosures; (8) Individual consumer claims involving a retail customer of goods or services who uses or intends to use such goods or services primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not be construed to preclude the court from exercising jurisdiction over mass actions or class actions involving such individual consumer claims; or (9) Collections in matters involving a family owned farm entity as defined in Code Section 48-5-41.1 or an individual farmer.
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Other | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-7-2 | Creation of State Courts |
The General Assembly may by local law create a state court in any county or counties of this state in which there is no state court, and such court shall be the "State Court of (whatever county or counties in which the court is located)."
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State Court | Creation of the courts |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-7-4 | Jurisdiction |
(a) Each state court shall have jurisdiction, within the territorial limits of the county or counties for which it was created and concurrent with the superior courts, over the following matters: (1) The trial of criminal cases below the grade of felony; (2) The trial of civil actions without regard to the amount in controversy, except those actions in which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the superior courts; (3) The hearing of applications for and the issuance of arrest and search warrants; (4) The holding of courts of inquiry; (5) The punishment of contempt by fines not exceeding $1,000.00, by imprisonment not exceeding 20 days, or both; and (6) Review of decisions of other courts as may be provided by law; (b) Each state court shall have jurisdiction, within the territorial limits of the county or counties for which it was created and concurrent with other courts having such jurisdiction, over possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, in accordance with Code Sections 16-13-2 and 16-13-30.
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State Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |