Courts of Louisiana include:

State courts of Louisiana

• Louisiana Supreme Court ^[1]
  • Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (5 circuits) ^[2]
    • Louisiana District Courts (42 districts) ^[3]

Federal courts located in Louisiana

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana; having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas)
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ^[4]
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana ^[5]
• United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ^[6]

Former federal courts of Louisiana

• United States District Court for the District of Orleans (territorial court of the Territory of Orleans, extinct, abolished when Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812)
• United States District Court for the District of Louisiana (extinct, subdivided)

Mayors Courts

There are 250 towns and villages in Louisiana with a mayor/magistrate court system in Louisiana. ^[7]

Contents

• See also
• References
• External links

Justice of the Peace Courts

There are approximately 390 justice of the peace courts in Louisiana with judicial authority of a ward or district elected to six year terms. ^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Judiciary of Louisiana

References

External links

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