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,{{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/15109806-12A6-42ED-A216-81325F3DB6AD/0/AOCEstablished.pdf |title=Amendment (May 29, 1975) |author=Kentucky State Board of Elections |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=May 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428072902/http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/15109806-12A6-42ED-A216-81325F3DB6AD/0/AOCEstablished.pdf |archivedate=April 28, 2011 }} judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:{{cite web|url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legresou/constitu/109.htm |title=Section 109 |work=Kentucky Constitution |publisher=Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky) |accessdate=May 5, 2011}}
- Kentucky Supreme Court{{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/SupremeCourt |title=Kentucky Supreme Court |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012237/http://courts.ky.gov/supremecourt/ |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}
- Kentucky Court of Appeals{{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/courts/courtofappeals/ |title=Kentucky Court of Appeals |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007095116/http://www.courts.ky.gov/courts/courtofappeals/ |archivedate=2008-10-07 }}
- Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits){{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/circuitcourt/ |title=Kentucky Circuit Courts |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012216/http://courts.ky.gov/circuitcourt/ |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}
- Kentucky District Courts (60 judicial districts){{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/districtcourt/ |title=Kentucky District Courts |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012232/http://courts.ky.gov/districtcourt/ |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}
;Federal courts located in this state
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky{{cite web|url=http://www.kyed.uscourts.gov/ |title=US District Court KYED – Home |publisher=Kyed.uscourts.gov |date= |accessdate=2008-12-17}}
- United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky{{cite web|url=http://www.kywd.uscourts.gov/ |title=United States District Court – Western District of Kentucky |publisher=Kywd.uscourts.gov |date= |accessdate=2008-12-17}}
;Former federal courts of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the District of Kentucky (extinct, subdivided)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080731223019/http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites].
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