Courts of Louisiana
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Courts of Louisiana include:
- State courts of Louisiana
- Louisiana Supreme Court[1]
- Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (5 circuits)[2]
- Louisiana District Courts (42 districts)[3]
- Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (5 circuits)[2]
- Federal courts located in Louisiana
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana; having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas)
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana[4]
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana[5]
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana[6]
- Former federal courts of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the District of Orleans (territorial court of the Territory of Orleans, extinct, abolished when Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812)
- United States District Court for the District of Louisiana (extinct, subdivided)
- Mayors Courts
There are 250 towns and villages in Louisiana with a mayor/magistrate court system in Louisiana.[7]
- Justice of the Peace Courts
There are approximately 390 justice of the peace courts in Louisiana with judicial authority of a ward or district elected to six year terms.[8][9]