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Courts of Mississippi include: State courts of Mississippi. Supreme Court of Mississippi [1] Mississippi Court of Appeals [2] Mississippi Chancery Courts [3] Mississippi Circuit Courts (22 circuits) [4] Mississippi County Courts [5] Mississippi Justice Courts [6] Mississippi Municipal Courts [7]
The Mississippi Territory was established by United States federal law in 1798. Its court system evolved over time to eventually include a supreme court. [1] Mississippi became a U.S. state in 1817, and its judiciary was established in the state's constitution.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (in case citations, S.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Natchez, and Jackson . Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Mississippi are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth ...
Mississippi’s population is about 59% white and 38% Black. In the legislative redistricting plan adopted in 2022 and used in the 2023 elections, 15 of the 52 Senate districts and 42 of the 122 ...
Even as attorney Cliff Johnson made arguments to the Mississippi Supreme Court in 2023 challenging the constitutionality of state-appointed judges in a new municipal court in downtown Jackson, he ...
The trial courts are U.S. district courts, followed by United States courts of appeals and then the Supreme Court of the United States. The judicial system, whether state or federal, begins with a court of first instance, whose work may be reviewed by an appellate court, and then ends at the court of last resort, which may review the work of ...
1 Supreme judges of the State of Mississippi (1818–1832) 2 Judges of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (1832–1870) 3 Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1870–Present)
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (in case citations, N.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Aberdeen, Greenville, and Oxford . Appeals from cases brought in the Northern District of Mississippi are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except ...