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Wyoming | Wyo. Const. Art. V, Sec. 2 | Supreme court generally; appellate jurisdiction |
The supreme court shall have general appellate jurisdiction, co-extensive with the state, in both civil and criminal causes, and shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Const. Art. V, Sec. 10 | District courts generally; jurisdiction |
The district court shall have original jurisdiction of all causes both at law and in equity and in all criminal cases, of all matters of probate and insolvency and of such special cases and proceedings as are not otherwise provided for. The district court shall also have original jurisdiction in all cases and of all proceedings in which jurisdiction shall not have been by law vested exclusively in some other court; and said court shall have the power of naturalization and to issue papers therefor. They shall have such appellate jurisdiction in cases arising in justices' and other inferior courts in their respective counties as may be prescribed by law. Said courts and their judges shall have power to issue writs of mandamus, quo warranto, review, certiorari, prohibition, injunction and writs of habeas corpus, on petition by or on behalf of any person in actual custody in their respective districts.
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District Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-3-101 | Judicial districts enumerated; terms of court |
(a) The state of Wyoming is divided into judicial districts as follows: (i) The county of Laramie is the first judicial district; (ii) The counties of Albany and Carbon are the second judicial district; (iii) The counties of Sweetwater, Lincoln and Uinta are the third judicial district;
(iv) The counties of Johnson and Sheridan are the fourth judicial district; (v) The counties of Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie are the fifth judicial district; (vi) The counties of Campbell, Crook and Weston are the sixth judicial district; (vii) Natrona county is the seventh judicial district; (viii) The counties of Converse, Platte, Goshen and Niobrara are the eighth judicial district; (ix) The counties of Fremont, Teton and Sublette are the ninth judicial district. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be one (1) continuous term of court for the district courts of the state. The continuous term of court shall in no way affect the power of a court to take action in any cause or matter. |
District Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-6-101 | Created and established |
There is hereby created and established in each of the incorporated cities or towns in the state of Wyoming, whether incorporated or existing under a special charter or a general act, and whether now in existence or hereafter incorporated under the laws of the state, a municipal court for the trial of all offenses arising under ordinances of said incorporated city or town, as the case may be.
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Municipal court | Creation of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-8-102 | Jurisdiction |
(a) The juvenile court has general jurisdiction in all matters and proceedings commenced therein or transferred to it by order of the district court concerning: (i) Any minor alleged to be delinquent as defined in W.S. 14 6 201; (ii) Any minor alleged to have committed a delinquent act before attaining the age of majority; (iii) Any minor alleged to be neglected as defined in W.S. 14-3-402; (iv) Any minor alleged to be in need of supervision as defined in W.S. 14 6 402; (v) The parents, guardian or custodian of any minor alleged to be delinquent, in need of supervision or neglected, and all persons living in the household with the minor; and (vi) Procedures governing abortions performed upon minors as provided under W.S. 35 6 118. For proceedings under this paragraph, "minor" shall mean as defined in W.S. 35 6 101(a)(x).
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Juvenile Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-102 | Circuit court established; funding |
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of article 5 of the Wyoming Constitution, a circuit court is hereby established for each judicial district of the state of Wyoming enumerated in W.S. 5 3 101, and the boundaries of each circuit court shall be the same as those of each judicial district enumerated therein. Except as otherwise provided in this act, each county within the circuit shall receive the services of the circuit court. (b) The judicial salaries, salaries of the clerical staff, supplies, operating costs, jury expenses and other expenses of the circuit court shall be paid by the state.
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Circuit Court | Creation of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-1102 | Authority to establish programs; rulemaking authority |
(a) The department is authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to establish an intensive supervision program for probationers and parolees. (b) An intensive supervision program established under this article may require: (i) Electronic monitoring, regimented daily schedules or itineraries, house arrest, telephone contact, drug testing, curfew checks or other supervision methods which facilitate contact with supervisory personnel; (ii) Community service work, family, educational or vocational counseling, treatment for substance abuse, mental health treatment and monitoring of restitution orders and fines previously imposed on the participant; and (iii) Imposition of supervision fees to be paid by participants.
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Department of Corrections | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Const. Art. V, § 3 | Supreme court generally; original jurisdiction |
The supreme court shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto and mandamus as to all state officers, and in habeas corpus. The supreme court shall also have power to issue writs of mandamus, review, prohibition, habeas corpus, certiorari, and other writs necessary and proper to the complete exercise of its appellate and revisory jurisdiction. Each of the judges shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus to any part of the state upon petition by or on behalf of a person held in actual custody, and may make such writs returnable before himself or before the supreme court, or before any district court of the state or any judge thereof.
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Supreme Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Const. Art. V, § 1 | How judicial power vested |
The judicial power of the state shall be vested in the senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, in a supreme court, district courts, and such subordinate courts as the legislature may, by general law, establish and ordain from time to time. (As amended by Laws 1965, Senate Joint Resolution No. 1, p. 518.)
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Judiciary | Creation of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-101 | Judicial power |
The judicial power in the District of Columbia is vested in the following courts:(1) The following Federal Courts established pursuant to article III of the Constitution:
(A) The Supreme Court of + See morethe United States.
(B) The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
(C) The United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
(2) The following District of Columbia courts established pursuant to article I of the Constitution:
(A) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(B) The Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
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Superior Court, Court of Appeals | Creation of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-301 | Jurisdiction of appeals from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
In addition to its jurisdiction as a United States court of appeals and any other jurisdiction conferred on it by law, the United States Court of Appeals for the District + See moreof Columbia Circuit has jurisdiction of appeals from judgments of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals --(1) with respect to violations of criminal laws of the United States which are not applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia if a petition for the allowance of an appeal from that judgment is filed within ten days after its entry; or
(2) entered before the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970 in any other case if a petition for the allowance of an appeal from that judgment is filed within ten days after its entry.
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DC Circuit | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-721 | Orders and judgments of the Superior Court (Jurisdiction) |
(a) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has jurisdiction of appeals from --(1) all final orders and judgments of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia;
(2) interlocutory orders + See moreof the Superior Court of the District of Columbia --
(A) granting, continuing, modifying, refusing, or dissolving or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions;
(B) appointing receivers, guardians, or conservators or refusing to wind up receiverships, guardianships, or the administration of conservators or to take steps to accomplish the purpose thereof; or
(C) changing or affecting the possession of property; and
(3) orders or rulings of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia appealed by the United States or the District of Columbia pursuant to section 23-104 or 23-111(d)(2).
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Court of Appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-722 | Administrative orders and decisions |
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has jurisdiction (1) except as provided in clause (2), to review orders and decisions of the Commissioner [Mayor] of the District of Columbia, + See morethe District of Columbia Council, any agency of the District of Columbia (including the Board of Zoning Adjustment of the District of Columbia and the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia), and the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, in accordance with the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act (D.C. Official Code, secs. 2-501--2-510); and (2) to review orders and decisions of the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia in accordance with section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1913 (D.C. Official Chapters 1 through 11, Title 34).
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Court of Appeals | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-921 | Civil jurisdiction |
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Superior Court has jurisdiction of any civil action or other matter (at law or in equity) brought in the District of Columbia. + See more...
(b) The Superior Court does not have jurisdiction over any civil action or other matter (1) over which exclusive jurisdiction is vested in a Federal court in the District of Columbia, or (2) over which jurisdiction is vested in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under section 11-501 (relating to civil actions or other matters begun in such court before the expiration of the thirty-month period beginning on the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970).
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Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-923 | Criminal jurisdiction; commitment |
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Superior Court has jurisdiction of any criminal case under any law applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia.(2) The Superior Court shall + See morenot have jurisdiction of any criminal case under any law applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia begun in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under section 11-502(2) by the return of an indictment or the filing of an information during the eighteen-month period beginning on such effective date.
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Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-924 | Jurisdiction with respect to violations of the Rules and Regulations of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
The Superior Court has jurisdiction with respect to any violation, committed in the District of Columbia, of the rules and regulations adopted by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under + See moresection 76(e) of title III of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact.
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Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-1101 | Jurisdiction of the Family Court |
(a) In general. -- The Family Court of the District of Columbia shall be assigned and have original jurisdiction over --(1) actions for divorce from the bond of marriage and + See morelegal separation from bed and board, including proceedings incidental thereto for alimony, pendente lite and permanent, and for support and custody of minor children;
(2) applications for revocation of divorce from bed and board;
(3) actions to enforce support of any person as required by law;
(4) actions seeking custody of minor children, including petitions for writs of habeas corpus;
(5) actions to declare marriages void;
(6) actions to declare marriages valid;
(7) actions for annulments of marriage;
(8) determinations and adjudications of property rights, both real and personal, in any action referred to in this section, irrespective of any jurisdictional limitation imposed on the Superior Court;
(9) proceedings in adoption;
(10) proceedings under the Act of July 10, 1957 (D.C. Code, secs. 30-301 to 30-324 [D.C. Official Code, §§ 46-701 to 46-724]);
(11) proceedings to determine paternity of any child born out of wedlock;
(12) civil proceedings for protection involving intrafamily offenses, instituted pursuant to chapter 10 of title 16;
(13) proceedings in which a child, as defined in section 16-2301, is alleged to be delinquent, neglected, or in need of supervision;
(14) proceedings under chapter 5 of title 21 relating to the commitment of the mentally ill;
(15) proceedings under chapter 13 of title 7 relating to the commitment of the at least moderately mentally retarded; and
(16) proceedings under Interstate Compact on Juveniles (described in title IV of the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970).
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Family Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-1201 | Exclusive jurisdiction (Tax Division) |
The Tax Division of the Superior Court shall be assigned exclusive jurisdiction of --(1) all appeals from and petitions for review of assessments of tax (and civil penalties thereon) made + See moreby the District of Columbia; and
(2) all proceedings brought by the District of Columbia for this imposition of criminal penalties pursuant to the provisions of the statutes relating to taxes levied by or in behalf of the District of Columbia.
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Tax Division of the Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 11-1321 | Exclusive jurisdiction of small claims |
The Small Claims and Conciliation Branch has exclusive jurisdiction of any action within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court which is only for the recovery of money, if the amount + See morein controversy does not exceed $10,000, exclusive of interest, attorney fees, protest fees, and costs. An action which affects an interest in real property may not be brought in the Branch. If a counterclaim, cross claim, or any other claim or any defense, affecting an interest in real property, is made in an action brought in the Branch, the action shall be certified to the Civil Division.
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Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the Superior Court | Jurisdiction of the courts |
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Washington DC | D.C. Code Ann. § article IV, sec. 1 | The Judicial Branch |
The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a unified judicial system, consisting of a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, and such inferior and appellate courts as may + See morebe established by law. All such courts shall be courts of record.
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Courts generally | Jurisdiction of the courts |