Courts of Kentucky

Courts of Kentucky include:

Kentucky Court of Justice

Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975,^[1] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:^[2]

• Kentucky Supreme Court^[3]
  • Kentucky Court of Appeals^[4]
    • Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits)^[5]
      • Kentucky District Courts (60 judicial districts)^[6]

Federal courts located in this state

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky^[7]
• United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky^[8]

Former federal courts of Kentucky

• United States District Court for the District of Kentucky (extinct, subdivided)

References

1. Kentucky State Board of Elections. "Amendment (May 29, 1975)" (PDF). Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
2. "Section 109". Kentucky Constitution. Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky). Retrieved May 5, 2011.
3. "Kentucky Supreme Court". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
4. "Kentucky Court of Appeals". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
5. "Kentucky Circuit Courts". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
6. "Kentucky District Courts". Kentucky Court of Justice. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
7. "US District Court KYED – Home". Kyed.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
8. "United States District Court – Western District of Kentucky". Kywd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links

• National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites.