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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in 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.
State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [336] Court of Appeals of Virginia [337] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [338] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [339] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [340] Federal courts located in ...
Map of the United States District Courts in Virginia, showing the boundaries of the Eastern and Western Districts, and their divisions. The Eastern District of Virginia court's jurisdiction covers slightly over six million people, comprising approximately 85% of the state's population. Its jurisdiction is grouped into four geographic divisions:
U.S. Court of Appeals and District Court map. In the U.S. federal judicial system, the United States is divided into 94 judicial districts. Each state has at least one judicial district, as do the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each judicial district contains a United States district court with a bankruptcy court under its
ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (PDF). New York, New York: Aspen Publishers. pp. 431– 438. ISBN 978-0-7355-3640-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-06; Federal Judicial History Office (2009). "The U.S. District Courts and the Federal Judiciary". History of the Federal Judiciary.
With the division of West Virginia from Virginia during the American Civil War, the Western District of Virginia became the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with the Eastern District to form again a single District of Virginia on June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124. [2]
From 2000 to 2008, the Court had the highest rate of non-publication (92%) on the Federal Circuit. [8] The Chief Justice is always assigned to the Fourth Circuit as the circuit justice, due to Richmond's close proximity to Washington, D.C. [citation needed] The Fourth Circuit is considered an extremely collegial court.
State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [1] Court of Appeals of Virginia [2] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [3] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [4] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [5] Federal courts located in Virginia