Supreme Court (Switzerland)
In some cantons in Switzerland, the higher court is the name for the court of second instance in civil and criminal proceedings. It is therefore the highest cantonal court alongside the administrative court, which is independent in a number of cantons (and in Zurich also alongside the social security court). The courts of second instance are organized by cantonal law.
The upper court is the court of second instance in the cantons of Zurich , Bern , Uri , Obwalden , Nidwalden , Glarus , Zug , Schaffhausen , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Solothurn , Aargau and Thurgau . It bears the name of the Cantonal Court in the cantons of Lucerne (since 2013), Schwyz , Freiburg , Basel-Landschaft , Appenzell Innerrhoden , St. Gallen , Graubünden , Vaud , Valais , Neuchâtel and Jura . In the canton of Basel-Stadt it is called the Court of Appeal , in the Canton of Ticino the Court of Appeal ( Tribunale di appello, in the area of civil jurisdiction) or Court of Appeal ( Corte di appello e di revisione penale, in the area of criminal justice ) and in the Canton of Geneva the Court of Justice (Cour de Justice) .
The term cantonal court should not be confused with the term of the same name that applies to the court of first instance in some smaller cantons ( Obwalden , Nidwalden , Zug , Glarus , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Schaffhausen ); see for this the article district court .
