Judgepedia:WikiProject Trial Courts
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This page is part of the State Trial Courts WikiProject, a Judgepedia project dedicated to articles related to state trial courts and judges.
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About the project
This project on Judgepedia is aimed at streamlining the process for writing pages about the many state level trial courts and judges in the United States.
Companion projects
Courts by state
The state trial courts encompass a number of levels of courts, which vary by state. The may be referred to as:
- District Courts
- Circuit Courts
- Superior Courts
- Vicinage, only in New Jersey
- Judicial Districts
- County Courts
- Parish Courts
- And more
A state may have more than one level of trial court, for example, Texas has both District Courts and County Courts. Trial courts might be divided by jurisdiction as well, such as Family Court, Juvenile Court or Probate Court.
Project stages
This project is broken down into stages to make it go more smoothly.
- Stage 1: what do I name the page? and stub pages
- Stage 2: external links
- Stage 3: filling out the stubs
Categories
Trial courts
Trail court pages should be placed in a category reflecting the state and court. For example: category:Texas district courts. That category should then be placed within the larger category category:Texas courts.
Judges
Trial court judges should be placed in a category that reflects the states and court they serve on. For example: category:Texas district court judges. That category should then be placed within the larger category category:Texas judges.
Templates
Each page (both judges and courts) within this project should have the {{wtrials}} (visible at the top of this page) template on its discussion page. The discussion page should also have a link to the applicable state project, which is shortened to the state abbreviation. Example, type: {{wi}} for Wisconsin.
State trial courts within this project are all court between the appellate courts and municipal courts in a state. Below are lists of courts by state.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
- Delaware Superior Court
- Delaware Court of Chancery
- Delaware Family Court
- Delaware Court of Common Pleas
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Superior Courts
- Massachusetts District Courts
- Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts
- Massachusetts Juvenile Courts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
- Mississippi Circuit Court
- Mississippi Chancery Court
- Mississippi County Court
- Mississippi justice courts
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- New York Supreme Court
- New York Court of Claims
- New York Family Courts
- New York Surrogates' Courts
- New York City Courts
- New York District Courts
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- South Carolina Circuit Courts
- South Carolina Family Courts
- South Carolina Magistrate Courts
- South Carolina Probate Courts
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Tennessee Chancery Courts
- Tennessee Circuit Court
- Tennessee Criminal Court
- Tennessee Probate Court
- Tennessee General Sessions Court
- Tennessee Juvenile Court
Texas
- Texas District Courts
- Texas County Courts
- Texas Statutory Probate Courts
- Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
