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
 * 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

There are 250 towns and villages in Louisiana with a mayor/magistrate court system in 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 approximately 390 justice of the peace courts in Louisiana with judicial authority of a ward or district elected to six year terms.
 * Justice of the Peace Courts