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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Court/legal body	Function
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS §13:101.	Supreme court jurisdiction	The state shall be divided into seven supreme court districts. The supreme court shall be composed of one justice elected from each of the seven districts as set forth below:	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS §13:312.	Court of appeals circuits	There shall be five court of appeal circuits, which shall be subdivided into districts as follows:	Courts of Appeal	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS §13:477	District Court	There shall be forty-one judicial districts in the state and each district shall be composed as follows:	District Courts	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS §13:1335	Parish of Orleans District court	There shall be one criminal district court for the parish of Orleans, which shall be composed of twelve judges.	Criminal District Court for Orleans Parish	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS §13:1445	Parish court - juvenile jurisdiction	The parish court shall be a juvenile court for the parish and shall exercise jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the district court, over juvenile matters, except where a separate juvenile + See more or family court with exclusive jurisdiction is established by law.	Juvenile Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS §13:446	Parish court - criminal jurisdiction	A. The parish court shall have criminal jurisdiction over all violations of state law and parish or municipal ordinances committed within its territorial jurisdiction which are punishable by a fine + See more not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. This jurisdiction shall be concurrent with any jurisdiction conferred by law upon the district court. B. As to all other violations of state law or of a parish or municipal ordinance, the parish court shall have the power to issue warrants of arrest, to examine, commit, admit to bail and discharge, and to hold preliminary examinations in all cases not capital.	Parish District Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	LA RS § 15:1097	Youth court - territorial jurisdiction	A. The Ware Youth Center Authority is hereby established as a political subdivision of the state, with a territorial jurisdiction throughout the parishes of Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, + See more and Webster. If the governing authority of Claiborne Parish or the governing authority of Webster Parish elects to withdraw its respective parish from the district, the territorial jurisdiction of the district shall not include such parish or parishes.	Ware Youth Center (juvenile court)	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	La. Const. Art. 3 Sec. 1	Judicial power	The judicial power is vested in a supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, and other courts authorized by this Article.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	La. Const. Art. 3 Sec. 8	Court of appeals circuits - panels	Section 8.(A) Circuits; Panels. The state shall be divided into at least four circuits, with one court of appeal in each. Each court shall sit in panels of at least + See more three judges selected according to rules adopted by the court.	Courts of Appeal (5)	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	La RS 13:1401	Family court	A. There is hereby established the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge, which shall be a court of record with exclusive jurisdiction in the following proceedings: (1) + See more All actions for divorce, annulment of marriages, claims for contributions made by one spouse to the education or training of the other spouse, establishment or disavowal of the paternity of children, spousal and child support and nonsupport, and custody and visitation of children, as well as of all matters incidental to any of the foregoing proceedings, including but not restricted to the issuance of conservatory writs for the protection of community property, the awarding of attorney fees in judgments of divorce, the accumulation of and rendering executory of spousal and child support, the issuance of writs of fieri facias and garnishment under judgments of the court for spousal and child support and attorney fees, jurisdiction of which was vested in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge prior to the establishment of the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge.	Family Court for East Baton Rouge	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Jersey	N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-1; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-17	Municipal court jurisdiction	A municipal court has jurisdiction over the following cases within the territorial jurisdiction of the court: a. Violations of county or municipal ordinances; b. Violations of the motor vehicle and + See more traffic laws; c. Disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly persons offenses and other non-indictable offenses except where exclusive jurisdiction is given to the Superior Court; d. Violations of the fish and game laws; e. Proceedings to collect a penalty where jurisdiction is granted by statute; f. Violations of laws regulating boating; and g. Any other proceedings where jurisdiction is granted by statute; A municipal court has jurisdiction over the following cases within the territorial jurisdiction of the court: a. Violations of county or municipal ordinances; b. Violations of the motor vehicle and traffic laws; c. Disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly persons offenses and other non-indictable offenses except where exclusive jurisdiction is given to the Superior Court; d. Violations of the fish and game laws; e. Proceedings to collect a penalty where jurisdiction is granted by statute; f. Violations of laws regulating boating; and g. Any other proceedings where jurisdiction is granted by statute.	Municipal Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Jersey	N.J. Const. art. VI, § 3	State superior court jurisdiction	The Superior Court shall consist of such number of judges as may be authorized by law, each of whom shall exercise the powers of the court subject to rules of the + See more Supreme Court. The Superior Court shall at all times consist of at least two judges who shall be assigned to sit in each of the counties of this State, and who are resident therein at the time of appointment and reappointment. The Superior Court shall have original general jurisdiction throughout the State in all causes	State Superior Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Jersey	N.J. Const. art. VI, § 3	appellate court jurisdiction	The Superior Court shall be divided into an Appellate Division, a Law Division, and a Chancery Division, which shall include a family part. Each division shall have such other parts, consist of + See more such number of judges, and hear such causes, as may be provided by rules of the Supreme Court. At least two judges of the Superior Court shall at all times be assigned to sit in each of the counties of the State, who at the time of their appointment and reappointment were residents of that county provided, however, that the number of judges required to reside in the county wherein they sit shall be at least equal in number to the number of judges of the county court sitting in each of the counties at the adoption of this amendment.	Appellate Division	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Jersey	N.J. Const. art. VI, § 1	Supreme Court jurisdiction	The judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, and other courts of limited jurisdiction. The other courts and their jurisdiction may from time to time + See more be established, altered or abolished by law.	New Jersey Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Const. ch. 2 § 30	Supreme court jurisdiction	The Supreme Court shall exercise appellate jurisdiction in all cases, criminal and civil, under such terms and conditions as it shall specify in rules not inconsistent with law. The Supreme + See more Court shall have original jurisdiction only as provided by law, but it shall have the power to issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. The Supreme Court shall have administrative control of all the courts of the state, and disciplinary authority concerning all judicial officers and attorneys at law in the State.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Const. ch. 2 § 31	Lower courts jurisdiction	All other courts of this State shall have original and appellate jurisdiction as provided by law. All courts except the Supreme Court may be divided into geographical and functional divisions + See more as provided by law or by judicial rules adopted by the Supreme Court not inconsistent with law. The jurisdiction of geographical and functional divisions shall be as provided by law or by judicial rules not inconsistent with law. The courts of this state may exercise equity jurisdiction as well as law jurisdiction in civil proceedings as may be provided by law or by judicial rules not inconsistent with law.	Lower courts	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 30	Superior Court	(a)(1) A Superior Court having statewide jurisdiction is created. The Superior Court shall have the following divisions: (B) A Criminal Division, which shall be a court of record and have + See more jurisdiction over the matters described in section 32 of this title. The Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure shall apply to criminal matters in the Criminal Division, and the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to civil matters in the Criminal Division.	Superior Court	Creation of the courts, Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 2	Supreme Court established; jurisdiction	(a) The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals from judgments, rulings, and orders of the Superior Court, administrative agencies, boards, commissions, and officers unless otherwise provided by law.+ See more /> (b) The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Superior Court, of proceedings in certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, and quo warranto and shall have jurisdiction to issue all writs, processes, and orders that may be necessary to the furtherance of justice and the regular execution of the law.	Supreme Court	Creation of the courts, Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Vermont	Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 32	Jurisdiction; Criminal Division	(a) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors. (b) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try and + See more finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	West Virginia	W. Va. Const. art. VIII, § 3	Supreme court of appeals; Jurisdiction and powers; officers and employees; terms.	The supreme court of appeals shall have original jurisdiction of proceedings in habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition and certiorari. The court shall have appellate jurisdiction in civil cases at law where the + See more matter in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, is of greater value or amount than three hundred dollars unless such value or amount is increased by the legislature; in civil cases in equity; in controversies concerning the title or boundaries of land; in proceedings in quo warranto, habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition and certiorari; and in cases involving personal freedom or the constitutionality of a law. It shall have appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases, where there has been a conviction for a felony or misdemeanor in a circuit court, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by law where there has been such a conviction in any other court. In criminal proceedings relating to the public revenue, the right of appeal shall belong to the State as well as to the defendant. It shall have such other appellate jurisdiction, in both civil and criminal cases, as may be prescribed by law. The court shall have power to promulgate rules for all cases and proceedings, civil and criminal, for all of the courts of the State relating to writs, warrants, process, practice and procedure, which shall have the force and effect of law. The court shall have general supervisory control over all intermediate appellate courts, circuit courts and magistrate courts. The chief justice shall be the administrative head of all the courts. He may assign a judge from one intermediate appellate court to another, from one circuit court to another, or from one magistrate court to another, for temporary service. The court shall appoint an administrative director to serve at its pleasure at a salary to be fixed by the court. The administrative director shall, under the direction of the chief justice, prepare and submit a budget for the court.	Supreme court of appeals	Jurisdiction of the courts

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