General jurisdiction: Difference between revisions

All [[United States federal courts]] are courts of [[limited jurisdiction]], limited by constitution and statute, and to the extent that they can not hear many kinds of claims brought under state law, but [[United States district court]]s have been described as "the courts of general jurisdiction in the federal court system" (as they can generally provide redress in both law and equity, as well as hearing both civil and criminal cases).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/overview_of_the_judiciary_fy_2021_0.pdf |title=Overview of the Judiciary|publisher=United States Courts|access-date=December 8, 2023}}</ref> [[Bankruptcy in the United States|Bankruptcy]] is dealt with as a separate part of the federal district court, though they are viewed as the same unit.,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bankruptcy Courts and Cases – Journalist's Guide {{!}} United States Courts |url=https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/bankruptcy-courts-and-cases-journalists-guide |website=www.uscourts.gov |access-date=8 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and decisions of the bankruptcy court are generally appealable to the district court.<ref>See {{usc|28|158(a)}}.</ref> This is a result of being created under different articles of the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]], bankruptcy law was established in a [[Article One of the United States Constitution|separate article]] from the [[Article Three of the United States Constitution| article that established the federal judiciary]].