Courts of Maryland
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Courts of Maryland include:
State courts of Maryland
Federal courts located in Maryland
Former federal courts of Maryland
State courts of Maryland
- Maryland Court of AppealsMaryland Court of AppealsThe Court of Appeals of Maryland is the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland. The court, which is composed of one chief judge and six associate judges, meets in the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in the state capital, Annapolis...
- Maryland Court of Special AppealsMaryland Court of Special AppealsThe Maryland Court of Special Appeals is the intermediate appellate court for the U.S. state of Maryland. The Court of Special Appeals was created in 1966 in response to the rapidly growing caseload in the Maryland Court of Appeals. Like the state's highest court, the tribunal meets in the Robert C...
- Maryland Circuit CourtsMaryland Circuit CourtsThe Circuit Courts of Maryland are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in Maryland. They are Maryland's highest courts of record exercising original jurisdiction at law and in equity in all civil and criminal matters, and have such additional powers and jurisdiction as conferred by the...
(8 judicial circuits)- Maryland District Courts
- Maryland Circuit Courts
- Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Federal courts located in Maryland
- United States District Court for the District of MarylandUnited States District Court for the District of MarylandThe United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland....
Former federal courts of Maryland
- United States District Court for the District of PotomacUnited States District Court for the District of PotomacThe United States District Court for the District of Potomac was a short-lived United States federal court. Named for the Potomac River, it had jurisdiction over the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland and Virginia, making it the first United States district court to cross state lines...
(1801-1802; also contained the District of Columbia and pieces of Virginia; extinct, reorganized)