Courts of Illinois
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Courts of Illinois include:
State courts of Illinois
Federal courts located in Illinois
Former federal courts of Illinois
- Supreme Court of IllinoisSupreme Court of IllinoisThe Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: Three justices from the First District and...
- Illinois Appellate CourtIllinois Appellate CourtThe Illinois Appellate Court is the court of first appeal for civil and criminal cases arising in the Illinois Circuit Courts. Three Illinois Appellate Court judges hear each case and the concurrence of two is necessary to render a decision. The Illinois Appellate Court will render its opinion in...
(5 districts)- Illinois Circuit CourtsIllinois Circuit CourtsThe Illinois Circuit Courts are state courts of the U.S. state of Illinois. They are trial courts of original jurisdiction. There are 23 judicial circuits in the state, each comprising one or more of Illinois' 102 counties. Five circuits comprise solely of a single county - Cook, Will, DuPage,...
(23 judicial circuits)
- Illinois Circuit Courts
- Illinois Appellate Court
Federal courts located in Illinois
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:* Central District of Illinois* Northern District of Illinois...
(headquartered in Chicago, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) - United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois....
- United States District Court for the Central District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Central District of IllinoisThe U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois serves the residents of forty-six counties from its four courthouses...
- United States District Court for the Southern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Southern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a Federal district court covering approximately the southern half of the state of Illinois....
Former federal courts of Illinois
- United States District Court for the District of Illinois (extinct, subdivided in 1855)
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois is a former federal district court for the state of Illinois. The court was established March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992. The Northern and Southern Districts had been established February 13, 1855...
(extinct, reorganized in 1978)