<span>A case traveling through the federal court system to the supreme court is first heard in federal district court then goes to CIRCUIT COURTS.
</span>The United States circuit courts<span> were the original intermediate level </span>courts<span> of the United States federal </span>court<span> system. They were established by the Judiciary Act of 1789. They had trial </span>court<span> jurisdiction over civil suits of diversity jurisdiction and major federal crimes.</span>
