Courts of Louisiana
Courts of Louisiana include:
- State courts of Louisiana
- Louisiana Supreme Court
- Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (5 circuits)
- Louisiana District Courts (42 districts)
- Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (5 circuits)
- 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
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- 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.
- 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.