List of courts of the United States

Because of the federalist underpinnings of the division between sovereign federal and state governments, the various state court systems are free to operate in ways that vary widely from those of the federal government, and from one another.

A few states have two separate supreme courts, with one having authority over civil matters and the other reviewing criminal cases.

[1] The U.S. federal court system hears cases involving litigants from two or more states, violations of federal laws, treaties, and the Constitution, admiralty, bankruptcy, and related issues.

[1] The civil cases often involve civil rights, patents, and Social Security while the criminal cases involve tax fraud, robbery, counterfeiting, and drug crimes.

Several Hollywood films such as A Few Good Men (1992) and Runaway Jury (2003) are set around its courts.

The geographical boundary of the 12 United States Courts of Appeals
Headquarters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Madison Place in Washington, D.C.
Headquarters of the Supreme Court of California , in San Francisco .
Headquarters of the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee .
Aliʻiōlani Hale, in Honolulu , the building where the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court meets
Illinois Supreme Court building, in Springfield, Illinois
The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago , headquarters of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit .
The E. Ross Adair Federal Building, seat of the Fort Wayne division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Louisiana judicial districts map
The John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse, home of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans
Maryland judicial circuit map
John Adams Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts , home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court
Judicial circuits map
Supreme Court Chamber of the Minnesota Supreme Court in the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul .
Missouri State Supreme Court building across from state capitol in Jefferson City .
The headquarters of the Supreme Court of Nevada in Carson City .
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex , Trenton, New Jersey: The seat of the New Jersey Supreme Court and the central administrative offices of all statewide courts in New Jersey.
The 1842 courthouse of the New York Court of Appeals in Albany
The Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus, headquarters of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Courtroom of the Oregon Supreme Court .
The Utah Supreme Court meets in the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse.
The headquarters of the Washington Supreme Court in Olympia .
High Court of American Samoa courthouse