Courts of Pennsylvania

Courts of Pennsylvania include:

State courts of Pennsylvania
  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    • Superior Court of Pennsylvania (3 districts)
    • Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
      • Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas (60 judicial districts)
        • Magisterial District Courts

Federal courts located in Pennsylvania

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (headquartered in Philadelphia, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the United States Virgin Islands)
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Former federal courts of Pennsylvania

  • United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania (extinct, subdivided in 1815)

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