Superior Courts

The Judiciary Committee does not provide subpoena information for individual juries. You need to contact the district court for these details; however, for more general information about jury duties, or if you are an employer visit the jury program page. Judges can also find instructions that will help them in courts in this area.

Understand the structure of California courts and some facts about programs we support

There are 58 high courts in California, one in each county. Many court services are handled directly by district courts. After searching for the court you need, you can find address, website link and jury information on this page.

The general meaning is that the High Court is a court of inherent jurisdiction. Historically, they were descendants of the British High Court. The High Court's decision is not subject to review as long as the rules do not revise or appeal clearly. This term is not limited to the trial court. Both the Federal Court of Appeals and the District Court of Appeals Court are upper courts. In Ontario and Quebec, this court is known as the High Court (Courupupérieure), Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick are known as Queen's Court (Cour du). Banc de la Reine); Supreme Court (Courprprême) in the Newfoundland and Labrador District, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Yukon State and North West Territory

The Alaska Court system has four levels: the Alaska Supreme Court, the Alaska Court of Appeals, the High Court, and the District Court. The upper court and the district court are the courts. The High Court is a court of general jurisdiction and the district court will hear only certain types of litigation, including criminal prosecution of minor crimes and civil litigation worth up to $ 100,000. The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals are appellate courts. The Court of Appeal must hear an appeal from a lower court's decision, including criminal prosecution, juvenile delinquency, and appeals for court bereaved families. The Supreme Court can hear civil appeals and hear criminal appeals as necessary

Both criminal cases and civil cases can be appealed. One or more plaintiffs or defendants may appeal to the High Court Appeals Court. If the Court of Appeal finds that the High Court made a mistake, you may reject the decision or return it to the trial court for further litigation. For details of the appeal, please read the above information on the appellate court. This is a flowchart showing how to appeal criminal cases and civil cases. So far, we have talked about state courts. But in California there is also a federal court dealing with federal trials. The federal court is structurally similar to state courts in California. The Supreme Court is the Judicial Supreme Court of our country. For more information on federal courts please visit the Federal Judicial website of the US Judiciary Court. The Supreme Court has two levels of federal courts.