Old Faithful is the specific name of a geological phenomenon. The opposite of a proper noun is a common noun, sometimes known as a generic noun. A common noun is the generic name of an item in a class or group and is not capitalized unless appearing at the beginning of a sentence or in a title. The girl crossed the river.
The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. There are 94 such courts. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of both law and equity. There is a United States bankruptcy court and a number of bankruptcy judges associated with each United States district court.
For information on federal court proceedings, see our page with information about federal court rules. To find a federal court's website, use this directory of federal courts. The federal courts system is divided into 94 separate judicial districts. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico each have at least one federal judicial district. These 94 judicial districts are then organized into 12 separate regional circuits, each of which has one federal court of appeals.