Courts in Wisconsin
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The Courts in Wisconsin consist of a state court system and four federal courts.
State courts
The Wisconsin court system is composed of a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts and Municipal Courts.
Appellate courts
- The Supreme Court is the court of last resort in Wisconsin. It has discretionary appellate jurisdiction (it determines which appeals it will hear) and also has administrative authority over the rest of the courts.[1][2]
- The Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Wisconsin. Unlike the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals has mostly mandatory jurisdiction so it cannot pick which appeals it will or will not hear.[1][3]
Trial courts
- The Circuit Courts are the state trial courts. These courts are divided into districts. There is at least one district in every county and there are currently 246 circuit judges in the state.[1][4]
- There are also a number of Municipal Courts in Wisconsin which typically handle cases regarding traffic, ordinance and juvenile offenses.[1][5]
