Courts of Louisiana

Courts of Louisiana include:

State courts of Louisiana

Louisiana judicial districts map

• Louisiana Supreme Court[1]
  • Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (5 circuits)[2]
    • Louisiana District Courts (42 districts)[3]

Federal courts located in Louisiana

The John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, home of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans

• 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]