The federal trial court covering all of South Carolina.
Appointed, President nominates, Senate confirms.
Statutory divisions: Aiken Division, Anderson Division, Beaufort Division, Charleston Division, Columbia Division, Florence Division, Greenville Division, Greenwood Division, Orangeburg Division, Rock Hill Division, Spartanburg Division.
Bound by its own circuit and the Supreme Court. Decisions of other district courts, even within the same circuit, are only persuasive.
