The U.S. district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. The district courts can hear most federal cases, including civil and criminal cases. There are 94 federal judicial districts in the United States and its territories. Each district includes a U.S. bankruptcy court.
The patriarch and matriarch of one of Silicon Valleyâs most prominent families in real-estate development and philanthropy, John A. â60 and Susan Sobrato, have made a gift of $100 million to Santa Clara University to help create the Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation. The Universityâs largest-ever gift, $100 million from John A. and Susan Sobrato, will fund a 300,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility for transformational STEM education.
That effort raised $3.2 billion for the college, well above its $2.5 billion goal. Within the last year U-M has closed on four of the largest donations in the school's 196-year history. The top 10 single donations at U-M add up to a staggering $580 million. All gifts to the university since July 2011 will count toward the school's fundraising goal when it launches its formal campaign in the fall.