To provide a place to resolve the differences between the plaintiff and the defendant.
Federal courts of general jurisdiction (US District Courts, etc.) handle both civil and criminal cases.
Charging and trying defendants for breaking federal laws.
Federal courts may hear civil cases or criminal cases.
Misdemeanors and civil cases
Crimminal and Civil cases.
Criminal cases and civil cases
United States district courts consider criminal and civil cases that come under federal authority.
If you are referring to court of law, during the Roman Republic there were courts for civil cases courts and for criminal cases.
In 2010, a total of 361,323 cases were filed in US District Courts; of those, 282,895, or 78.3%, were civil cases.
All cases, criminal and civil, originating within that particular courts jurisdiction.
The Appeals court reviews the district courts decisions.What do the District courts do? you ask, they handle civil and criminal cases that come under federal authority.They handle appeals from the Federal District Court.
criminal cases are dealt where ever the crime was committed and if the crime is that bad it will go to state , but criminal cases go to criminal courts, civil cases deal with such things as money or private property or divorce but no lawsuit will be made that would happen in a state court. Anything that goes against the constitution or is unconstitutional will be reviewed (appealed) and go to supreme court.