Court name abbreviations
(Table 7 in a nutshell)
Normally, the abbreviation for state intermediate appellate courts is "X Ct. App.," where X is the name of the state. But there are many exceptions, including the following:
Alabama | Ala. Civ. App., Ala. Crim. App., Ala. Ct. App. |
Connecticut | Conn. App. Ct. |
District of Columbia | D.C. |
Florida | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. |
Illinois | Ill. App. Ct. |
Maryland | Md. Ct. Spec. App. |
Massachusetts | Mass. App. Ct. |
New York | N.Y. App. Div. |
Oklahoma | Okla. Crim. App. |
Tennessee | Tenn. Ct. App.; Tenn. Crim. App. |
Texas | Court of Criminal Appeals is Tex. Crim. App., (former Court of
Appeals is Tex. Ct. App.) Court of Appeals is Tex. App. (former Courts of Civil Appeals Tex. Civ. App.) |
Court name abbreviations
(Table 7, full list)
The following alphabetical list provides abbreviations for court names to be used in cases according to rule 10.4.:
Administrative Court | Admin. Ct. |
Admiralty [Court, Division] | Adm. |
Alderman's Court | Alder. Ct. |
Appeals Court | App. Ct. |
Appellate Court | App. Ct. |
Appellate Department | App. Dep't. |
Appellate Division | App. Div. |
Armed Service Board of Contract Appeals | A.S.B.C.A. |
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel | B.A.P. |
Bankruptcy [Court, Judge] | Bankr. |
Board of Contract Appeals | B.C.A. |
Board of Immigration Appeals | B.I.A. |
Board of Tax Appeals | B.T.A. |
Borough Court | [name] Bor. Ct. |
Central District | C.D. |
Chancery [Court, Division] | Ch. |
Children's Court | Child. Ct. |
Circuit Court (old federal) | C.C. |
Circuit Court (state) | Cir. Ct. |
Circuit Court of Appeals (federal) | Cir. |
Circuit Court of Appeals (state) | Cir. Ct. App. |
City Court | [name] City Ct. |
Civil Appeals | Civ App. |
Civil Court of Record | Civ. Ct. Rec. |
Civil District Court | Civ. Dist. Ct. |
Claims Court | Cl. Ct. |
Commerce Court | Comm. Ct. |
Commission | Comm'n |
Common Pleas | C.P. [when appropriate, name county or similar subdivision] |
Commonwealth Court | Commw. Ct. |
Conciliation Court | Concil. Ct. |
County Court | [name] County Ct. |
County Judge's Court | County J. Ct. |
Court | Ct. |
Court of Appeal (English) | C.A. |
Court of Appeals (federal) | Cir. |
Court of Appeal[s] (state) | Ct. App. |
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | C.A.A.F. |
Court of Civil Appeals | Civ. App. |
Court of Claims | Ct. Cl. |
Court of Common Pleas | Ct. Com. Pl |
Court of Criminal Appeals | Crim. App. |
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | C.C.P.A. |
Court of Customs Appeals | Ct. Cust. App. |
Court of Errors | Ct. Err. |
Court of Errors and Appeals | Ct. Err. & App. |
Court of Federal Claims | Ct. Fed. Cl. |
Court of [General, Special] Sessions | Ct. [Gen., Spec.] Sess. |
Court of Internationsl Trade | Ct. Int'l Trade |
Court of Military Appeals | C.M.A. |
Court of Military Review | C.M.R. |
Court of Special Appeals | Ct. Spec. App. |
Court of Veterans Appeals | Ct. Vet. App. |
Criminal Appeals | Crim. App. |
Criminal District Court | Crim. Dist. Ct. |
Customs Court | Cust. Ct. |
District Court (federal) | D. |
District Court (state) | Dist. Ct. |
District Court of Appeal[s] | Dist. Ct. App. |
Division | Div. |
Domestic Relations Court | Dom. Rel. Ct. |
Eastern District | E.D. |
Emergency Court of Appeals | Emer. Ct. App. |
Equity [Court, Division] | Eq. |
Family Court | Fam. Ct. |
High Court | High Ct. |
Judicial District | Jud. Dist. |
Judicial Division | Jud. Div. |
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation | J.P.M.L. |
Justice of the Peace's Court | J.P. Ct. |
Juvenile Court | Juv. Ct. |
Land Court | Land Ct. |
Law Court | Law Ct. |
Law Division | Law Div. |
Magistrate Division | Magis. Div. |
Magistrate's Court | Magis. Ct. |
Middle District | M.D. |
Municipal Court | [name] Mun. Ct. |
Northern District | N.D. |
Orphans' Court | Orphans' Ct. |
Parish Court | [name] Parish Ct. |
Police Justice's Court | Police J. Ct. |
Prerogative Court | Prerog. Ct. |
Probate Court | Prob. Ct. |
Public Utilities Commission | P.U.C. |
Real Estate Commission | Real Est. Comm'n |
Recorder's Court | Rec's Ct. |
Southern District | S.D. |
Special Court Regional Rail Reorganization Act | Reg'l Rail Reorg. Ct. |
Superior Court | Super. Ct. |
Supreme Court (federal) | U.S. |
Supreme Court (other) | Sup. Ct. |
Supreme Court, Appellate Division | App. Div. |
Supreme Court, Appellate Term | App. Term |
Supreme Court of Errors | Sup. Ct. Err. |
Supreme Judicial Court | Sup. Jud. Ct. |
Surrogate's Court | Sur. Ct. |
Tax Appeal Court | Tax App. Ct. |
Tax Court | T.C. |
Teen Court | Teen Ct. |
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals | Temp. Emer. Ct. App. |
Territor[ial, y] | Terr. |
Traffic Court | Traffic Ct. |
Tribal Court | [name] Tribal Ct. |
Tribunal | Trib. |
Water Court | Water Ct. |
Western District | W.D. |
Workmen's Compensation Divison | Workmen's Comp. Div. |
Youth Court | Youth Ct. |