Courts of Kentucky

Courts of Kentucky include:

Kentucky Court of Justice

Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975,^[1] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:^[2]

Kentucky Supreme Court^[3]
- Kentucky Court of Appeals^[4]
  - Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits)^[5]
    - Kentucky District Courts (60 judicial districts)^[6]

Federal courts located in this state

Former federal courts of Kentucky

United States District Court for the District of Kentucky (extinct, subdivided)

References

↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections. "Amendment (May 29, 1975)" (PDF). Kentucky Court of Justice. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
↑ "Section 109". Kentucky Constitution. Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky). Retrieved May 5, 2011.
↑ "Kentucky Supreme Court". Kentucky Court of Justice. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "Kentucky Court of Appeals". Kentucky Court of Justice. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "Kentucky Circuit Courts". Kentucky Court of Justice. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "Kentucky District Courts". Kentucky Court of Justice. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "US District Court KYED – Home". Kyed.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
↑ "United States District Court – Western District of Kentucky". Kywd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links

National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites.

United States district and territorial courts

List of United States district and territorial courts



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Territorial courts	Guam Northern Mariana Islands Virgin Islands

Extinct courts	Former United States district courts United States District Court for the District of Orleans District of Potomac Eastern District of Illinois District of the Canal Zone District of China

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