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The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama.The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $10,000. [1]
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals [3] Alabama Circuit Courts (41 circuits) [4] Alabama District Courts (67 districts) [4] Alabama Municipal Courts (273 courts) [4] Alabama Probate Courts (68 courts) [4] Alabama Court of the Judiciary [5] Federal courts located in Alabama. Map of U.S. District Courts. United States District Court for the ...
Seat 1 Seat reassigned from the District of Alabama on March 10, 1824 by 4 Stat. 9 (concurrent with Northern District) Tait: 1824–1826 Crawford: 1826–1849 Seat made concurrent with Middle District on February 6, 1839 by 5 Stat. 315 Gayle: 1849–1859 Jones: 1859–1861 Lane: 1861–1863 Busteed: 1863–1874 Bruce: 1875–1886
The Court is convoked to hear complaints of the state Judicial Inquiry Commission. The Court is composed of the following: The Chief Judge of the Court, an appellate judge chosen by the Supreme Court from a court other than the Supreme Court. Two circuit judges and one district judge, chosen by the District Judges' Association. Two members of ...
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama is one of three federal judicial districts in Alabama. [3] Court for the District is held at Dothan, Montgomery, and Opelika. Eastern Division comprises the following counties: Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, and Tallapoosa.
Upon receipt of such a report, the judicial council of the circuit involved may conduct any additional investigation it deems necessary, and it may dismiss the complaint. [5] If a judge who is the subject of a complaint holds his or her office during good behavior, action taken by the judicial council may include certifying disability of the judge.
This is a list of county courthouses in Alabama. Each of Alabama 's 67 counties has a courthouse in the county seat . Barbour , Coffee , Jefferson , Marshall and St. Clair counties have two courthouses each.
Roy Moore was elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama on November 7, 2000. [7] He was sworn in on January 15, 2001. It was revealed on August 1, 2001 that Moore had commissioned and placed a 5,280-pound (2,390 kg) granite replica of the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the Judicial Building's the night before.