Courts of North Carolina
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Courts of North Carolina include:
State courts of North Carolina
Federal courts located in North Carolina
Former federal courts of North Carolina
State courts of North Carolina
- North Carolina Supreme CourtNorth Carolina Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices...
- North Carolina Court of AppealsNorth Carolina Court of AppealsThe North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating groups of three...
- North Carolina Superior CourtNorth Carolina Superior CourtThe Superior Court is North Carolina’s general jurisdiction trial court. It has jurisdiction over all felony cases, cases involving over $10,000, and appeals of misdemeanor and infraction cases from the North Carolina District Courts....
(46 districts) - North Carolina District Courts (45 districts)
- North Carolina Superior Court
- North Carolina Court of Appeals
Federal courts located in North Carolina
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is the United States District Court that serves the eastern 44 counties in North Carolina. Appeals from the Eastern District of North Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The...
- United States District Court for the Middle District of North CarolinaUnited States District Court for the Middle District of North CarolinaThe U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina is a United States district court with jurisdiction over 24 counties in the center of North Carolina...
- United States District Court for the Western District of North CarolinaUnited States District Court for the Western District of North CarolinaThe United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina is a Federal district court which covers the western third of North Carolina....
Former federal courts of North Carolina
- United States District Court for the District of North Carolina (extinct, subdivided)
- United States District Court for the District of Edenton (1794-1797; extinct, reorganized)
- United States District Court for the District of New Bern (1794-1797; extinct, reorganized)
- United States District Court for the District of Wilmington (1794-1797; extinct, reorganized)
- United States District Court for the District of Albemarle (1801-1872; extinct, reorganized)
- United States District Court for the District of Cape Fear (1801-1872; extinct, reorganized)
- United States District Court for the District of Pamptico (1801-1872; extinct, reorganized)