Courts of Kentucky
Appearance
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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]
- Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits)[5]
- Kentucky Court of Appeals[4]
- Federal courts located in this state
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky[7]
- United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky[8]
- Former federal courts of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the District of Kentucky (extinct, subdivided)
References
[edit]- ^ Kentucky State Board of Elections. "Amendment (May 29, 1975)" (PDF). Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ "Section 109". Kentucky Constitution. Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky). Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ "Kentucky Supreme Court". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "Kentucky Court of Appeals". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "Kentucky Circuit Courts". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "Kentucky District Courts". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. 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.