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Iowa District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Iowa.. They have original jurisdiction in civil cases with any amount in controversy; felony criminal cases, domestic relations, family law, and cases involving minors cases (including adoption, dependency, juvenile delinquency, and probate cases).
Established on December 10, 1869 by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Sixth Circuit Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Jackson: TN: 1891–1893 Lurton: TN: 1893–1909 Knappen: MI: 1910–1924 Moorman: KY: 1925–1938 Hamilton: KY: 1938–1945 S ...
Unlike the other circuits which were provided with three circuit judges, the Sixth Circuit was to have only one circuit judge with district judges from Kentucky and Tennessee comprising the rest of the court. Any two judges constituted a quorum. New circuit judgeships were to be created as district judgeships in Kentucky and Tennessee became ...
In 1861 he became a judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Iowa, serving until 1867. In the 1866 Republican district convention for Iowa's 4th congressional district, Loughridge upset incumbent Congressman Josiah B. Grinnell, winning (by thirteen votes) the nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat then held by Grinnell. [1]
Map of judicial districts. Courts of Iowa include: State courts of Iowa. Iowa Supreme Court [1] Iowa Court of Appeals [2] Iowa District Courts (8 districts) [3] Federal courts located in Iowa. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa [4] United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa [5] Former federal ...
The judiciary of Iowa is a branch of the Government of Iowa that interprets and applies the laws of Iowa, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. Article V of the Constitution of the State of Iowa defines the judiciary as comprising a Supreme Court, district courts, and any inferior courts ...
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] Kentucky District Courts (60 judicial ...
The Tenth Circuit was created in 1929 by subdividing the existing Eighth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit was created in 1981 by subdividing the existing Fifth Circuit. The Federal Circuit was created in 1982 by the merger of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of the United States Court of Claims.