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A map of Illinois breaking out its twenty-five total judicial circuits as of December 5, 2022. The Illinois circuit courts are state courts of the judiciary of Illinois.
The judiciary of Illinois is the unified court system of Illinois primarily responsible for applying the Constitution and law of Illinois. It consists of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, and circuit courts. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the court system.
The Illinois Appellate Court is the court of first appeal for civil and criminal cases rising in the Illinois Circuit Courts.In Illinois, litigants generally have a right to first appeal from final decisions or judgements of the circuit court.
The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 24 circuit courts ( trial courts of original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States – second only in size to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County since that court merged with other courts in 1998.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts : The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago and is composed of eleven appellate judges.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois . Appeals from the Northern District of Illinois are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (in case citations, S.D. Ill.) is a federal district court covering approximately the southern third of the state of Illinois. Appeals from the Southern District of Illinois are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and ...
Courts of Illinois include: Illinois Supreme Court building, in Springfield, Illinois The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago , headquarters of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit .