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The Pennsylvania court system is structured like a pyramid with the Supreme Court at the top.
![pyramid](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/pyramid-trans.png)
![Supreme Court](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/supreme-over.png)
![Superior Court](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/superior-over.png)
![Commonwealth Court](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/commonwealth-over.png)
![Courts of Common Pleas](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/common-pleas-over.png)
![Minor Courts](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/minor-over.png)
![Supreme Court](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/supreme_court.png)
7
Justices
![Superior Court](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/superior_court.png)
15
Judges
![Commonwealth Court](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/commonwealth_court.png)
9
Judges
![Courts of Common Pleas](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/common_pleas.png)
462
Judges
![Minor Courts](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/minor_courts.png)
503
Judges
Magisterial District Courts
27
Judges
Philadelphia Municipal Court
![Judicial Pyramid](/Themes/AOPC/assets/images/JudicialPyramid/pyramid-bg.png)
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