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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in West Virginia.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
The West Virginia Circuit Courts are the West Virginia state trial courts of general jurisdiction. They are the only state trial courts in West Virginia that are courts of record. West Virginia's 55 counties are divided into 31 circuits, each comprising anywhere from one to four counties. Different circuits have different numbers of judges; 11 ...
Courts of West Virginia include: State courts of West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia [1] Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia (Effective July 1, 2022) [2] West Virginia Circuit Courts (31 judicial circuits) [1] West Virginia Family Courts [1] West Virginia Magistrate Courts [1] West Virginia Municipal Courts [1]
The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (in case citations, N.D. W. Va.) is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was established on June 22, 1901. [1]
The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (in case citations, S.D. W. Va.) is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was established on June 22, 1901. [1]
United States in 1933, deciding that the Court of Claims was an Article I or legislative court and so Congress had the authority to reduce the salaries of the judges of the Court of Claims. [ 7 ] Beginning in 1948, Congress directed that when directed by the court, the commissioner could make recommendations for conclusions of law (62 Stat. 976 ).
The Court of Claims can refer to: Michigan Court of Claims; New York Court of Claims; Ohio Court of Claims; Court of Claims (United Kingdom) Court of Claims (Ireland), a body established by the Act of Settlement 1662; United States Court of Claims, a federal court which existed from 1855 to 1982; United States Court of Federal Claims, an ...
In West Virginia, magistrate courts are non-lawyer small claims and petty crime courts, established to replace the justice of the peace system in 1976. There are at least two magistrates in every county, and ten in the largest county, Kanawha . [ 1 ]