What are the courts that are trial courts?

The US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts only review cases under their appellate jurisdiction; the US Supreme Court hears most of the cases it selects under appellate jurisdiction, but considers...

The Superior Court of Massachusetts

No, an appeals court hears arguments that there was something wrong with the way a trial was conducted; if there was an error the case goes back to trial. A trial court hears testimony and decides...

In many states they are the Circuit courts. In some they are the Superior Courts. In New York state it is the Supreme Court. In the federal system it is the US District Court for most matters.

Under most circumstances the US District Courts are the federal trial courts of general jurisdiction; however, they also hear appeals of federal agency decisions made by Administrative Law Judges...