| State | Court of First Instance
(General Jurisdiction) | Intermediate Appellate Court | Court of Last Resort |
|---|
| Alabama | (District) Circuit Court
(41 judicial districts) | Court of Civil Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeals
(-1969: single Court of Appeals) | Supreme Court |
| Alaska | (District) Superior Court
(4 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Arizona | (County) Superior Court
(15 counties) | (Division) Court of Appeals (2 divisions) | Supreme Court |
| Arkansas | Circuit Court
(23 judicial circuits) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| California | (County) Superior Court
(58 counties) | (District) Court of Appeal
(6 appellate districts) | Supreme Court |
| Colorado | District Court
(22 judicial districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Connecticut | Superior Court
(12 or 13 judicial districts) | Appellate Court | Supreme Court
(previously: Supreme Court of Errors) |
| Delaware | Superior Court
(previously: Superior Court and Orphans' Court)
Court of Chancery | (none) | Supreme Court
(previously: Court of Errors and Appeals) |
| District of Columbia | Superior Court | (none) | Court of Appeals
(previously: Municipal Court of Appeals) |
| Florida | Circuit Court
(20 judicial circuits) | District Court of Appeal
(5 districts) | Supreme Court |
| Georgia | Superior Court
(49 judicial circuits) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Hawaii | Circuit Court and Family Court
(4 circuits) | Intermediate Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Idaho | District Court
(7 judicial districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Illinois | Circuit Court
(22 judicial circuits) | (District) Appellate Court
(5 districts) | Supreme Court |
| Indiana | Superior Court (177 divisions),
Circuit Court (90 circuits) | (District) Court of Appeals
(5 districts)
(previously: Appellate Court) | Supreme Court |
| Iowa | District Court
(8 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Kansas | District Court
(31 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Kentucky | Circuit Court
(57 circuits) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court
(-1976: Court of Appeals) |
| Louisiana | District Court
(40 districts) | (Circuit) Court of Appeal
(5 circuits) | Supreme Court
(-1813: Superior Court) |
| Maine | Superior Court | (none) | Supreme Judicial Court |
| Maryland | Circuit Court
(8 judicial circuits) | Court of Special Appeals | Court of Appeals |
| Massachusetts | Superior Court
(14 divisions) | Appeals Court | Supreme Judicial Court |
| Michigan | Circuit Court
(57 circuits)
Court of Claims | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Minnesota | District Court
(10 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Mississippi | District Circuit Court
(22 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Missouri | Circuit Court
(45 circuits) | (District) Court of Appeals
(3 districts) | Supreme Court |
| Montana | District Court
(22 judicial districts) | (none) | Supreme Court |
| Nebraska | District Court
(12 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Nevada | District Court
(9 districts) | (none) | Supreme Court |
| New Hampshire | Superior Court | (none) | Supreme Court |
| New Jersey | (Vicinage) Superior Court
(15 vicinages), has separate law & equity divisions | Superior Court, Appellate Division
(previously: Court of Chancery,
Supreme Court,
and Prerogative Court) | Supreme Court
(previously: Court of Errors and Appeals) |
| New Mexico | District Court
(13 judicial districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| New York | (District) Supreme Court
(12 judicial districts)
County Court
(57 counties) | Supreme Court, Appellate Term
(3 judicial departments)
Supreme Court, Appellate Division
(4 departments) | Court of Appeals
(-1848: Court for the correction of Errors,
Supreme Court of Judicature,
and Court of Chancery) |
| North Carolina | (District) Superior Court
(46 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| North Dakota | District Court
(7 judicial districts) | (none) | Supreme Court |
| Ohio | (County) Court of Common Pleas
(88 counties) | (District) Court of Appeals
(12 districts) | Supreme Court |
| Oklahoma | District Court
(26 judicial districts) | Court of Civil Appeals | Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
(-1959: Criminal Court of Appeals) |
| Oregon | (District) Circuit Court
(27 judicial districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Pennsylvania | District Court of Common Pleas
(60 judicial districts) | (District) Superior Court
(3 districts)
Commonwealth Court | Supreme Court
|
| Rhode Island | Superior Court | (none) | Supreme Court |
| South Carolina | Circuit Court
(16 circuits) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| South Dakota | Circuit Court
(7 circuits) | (none) | Supreme Court |
| Tennessee | (District) Circuit Court
(31 judicial districts)
(District) Criminal Court
(31 judicial districts)
(District) Chancery Court
(31 judicial districts) | (Grand Division) Court of Appeals
(3 grand divisions)
(Grand Division) Court of Criminal Appeals
(3 grand divisions) | Supreme Court |
| Texas | District Court
(420 districts) | (District) Court of Appeals
(14 districts) | Supreme Court (civil cases);
Court of Criminal Appeals |
| Utah | District Court
(8 districts) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court |
| Vermont | Superior Court
District Court
Family Court | (none) | Supreme Court |
| Virginia | Circuit Court
(31 judicial circuits) | Court of Appeals | Supreme Court
(previously: Supreme Court of Appeals) |
| Washington | (County) Superior Court
(39 counties) | (Division) Court of Appeals
(3 divisions) | Supreme Court |
| West Virginia | Circuit Court
(31 judicial circuits) | (none) | Supreme Court of Appeals |
| Wisconsin | (District) Circuit Court
(10 judicial administrative districts) | (District) Court of Appeals
(4 districts) | Supreme Court |
| Wyoming | District Court
(9 districts) | (none) | Supreme Court |