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Superior Court (that is, the superior court is the respondent on appeal), and the real opponent is then listed below those names as the "real party in interest". This is why several U.S. Supreme Court decisions in cases that originated in California bear names like Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court (1987) and Burnham v.
Kentucky Court of Justice. Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975, [129] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following: [130] Kentucky Supreme Court [131] Kentucky Court of Appeals [132] Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits) [133]
In common law systems, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal legal cases.A superior court is "superior" in relation to a court with limited jurisdiction (see small claims court), which is restricted to civil cases involving monetary amounts with a specific limit, or criminal cases involving offenses of a less serious nature.
The superior courts have appellate divisions (superior court judges sitting as appellate judges) which hear appeals from decisions of other superior court judges (or commissioners, or judges pro tem) who heard and decided relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, and ...
Superior Court of Cook County (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Superior courts in the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Superior Court of Justice may refer to: Superior Court of Justice (Brazil) Superior court of justice (Luxembourg) Ontario Superior Court of Justice;
Territorial jurisdiction in United States law refers to a court's power over events and persons within the bounds of a particular geographic territory. If a court does not have territorial jurisdiction over the events or persons within it, then the court cannot bind the defendant to an obligation or adjudicate any rights involving them.
The insular areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands each have one territorial court; these courts are called "district courts" and exercise the same jurisdiction as district courts, [2] [3] but differ from district courts in that territorial courts are Article IV courts, with judges who serve ten-year ...