Although having a parallel jurisdiction to second-instance State Courts, its judges were called "Ministers", denomination given to Justices from higher Courts. It was extinguished by the 1988 Constitution, which distributed all its competence to the new Federal Regional Courts (a total of five, placed around the national territory), with the Ministers from the TFR becoming the initial Justices of the STJ.
Despite having a parallel jurisdiction with second-instance State Courts, this court's judges were known as "Ministers," terminology applied to Justices from higher courts. The 1988 Constitution ended it by transferring all its authority to five new Federal Regional Courts (distributed across the nation), where former TFR Ministers became initial Justices of the STJ.