Article 104 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States

The Courts of the Federation shall hear:

I.Of the proceedings related to crimes of the federal order;

II.Of all controversies of the civil or commercial order that arise regarding the compliance with and application of federal laws or of the international treaties celebrated by the Mexican State. At the election of the plaintiff and when only private interests are affected, the judges and courts of the common order may hear them.

The judgments of first instance may be appealed before the immediate superior of the judge who hears the matter in the first instance;

III.Of the review remedies filed against the definitive resolutions of the administrative justice courts referred to in section XXIX-H of article 73 of this Constitution, only in the cases indicated by the laws. The reviews, of which the Circuit Collegiate Courts (Tribunales Colegiados de Circuito) shall hear, shall be subject to the procedures that the regulatory law of articles 103 and 107 of this Constitution establishes for the review in indirect amparo, and against the resolutions that the Circuit Collegiate Courts issue therein no proceeding or remedy shall proceed;

IV.Of all controversies that deal with maritime law;

V.Of those in which the Federation is a party;

VI.Of the controversies and of the actions referred to in article 105, which shall be of the exclusive knowledge of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation;

VII.Of those that arise between one state (federal entity) and one or more residents of another, and

VIII.Of the cases concerning members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps.