Courts of Alabama
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Courts of Alabama include:


State courts of Alabama
  • Alabama Supreme Court
    Alabama Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of an elected Chief Justice and eight elected Associate Justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six year terms. The Governor of Alabama may fill vacancies when they occur...

    • Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
      Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
      The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals is one of two appellate courts in the Alabama judicial system. The court was established in 1969 when what had been one unitary state Court of Appeals was broken into a criminal appeals court and a civil appeals court...

    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
      Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
      The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals is one of two appellate courts in the Alabama judicial system. The court was established in 1969 when what had been one unitary state Court of Appeals was broken into a criminal appeals court and a civil appeals court...

      • Alabama Circuit Courts
        Alabama Circuit Courts
        The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive...

         (41 circuits)
        • Alabama District Courts (67 districts)
        • Alabama Municipal Courts (273 courts)
        • Alabama Probate Courts (68 courts)
    • Alabama Court of the Judiciary


Federal courts located in Alabama
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
    United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
    The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar,...

  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
    United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
    The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes,...

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
    United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
    The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Washington, and Wilcox...



(All United States District Courts in Alabama may be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Middle District of Alabama...

, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

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Former federal courts of Alabama
  • United States District Court for the District of Alabama (extinct, subdivided in 1824)

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