TRIAL COURTS

• LIMITED JURISDICTION
  
  
• GENERAL JURISDICTION

FINDERS OF FACT

APPLY THE LAW TO FACTS

APPELLATE COURTS

• INTERMEDIATE APPEALS COURTS
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• SUPREME COURTS (COURTS OF LAST RESORT)

INTERPRETERS OF LAW

REVIEW TRIAL COURTS' APPLICATION OF LAW

The Federal Courts

The Supreme Court of the United States

The Federal Courts Glossary

• U.S. DISTRICT COURTS

-- 649 judges sitting on 94 district courts in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. --

TRIAL COURT OF GENERAL JURISDICTION

• U.S. COURTS OF APPEAL ( Oregon is in the 9TH CIRCUIT)
  -- 167 judges on the 12 regional courts of appeals--

INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURTS

• SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

APPELLATE COURT OF LAST RESORT

TRIAL COURTS

• LIMITED JURISDICTION - TAX, DISTRICT, MUNICIPAL, COUNTY
  
  
• GENERAL JURISDICTION - CIRCUIT COURT

APPELLATE COURTS

• INTERMEDIATE - COURT OF APPEALS