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)
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.


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