The district court handed down a not-guilty verdict to the defendant.
The company filed a lawsuit with the district court seeking damages.
The district court handed down a guilty verdict on the defendant.
This case is scheduled to be heard at the Tokyo District Court.
地裁 is a district court, while 高裁 (short for 高等裁判所) is the higher-level appellate court above it, so the two abbreviations are easy to mix up.
地裁 handles first-instance cases at the local level, whereas 最高裁 (short for 最高裁判所) is Japan's Supreme Court, the top of the judicial hierarchy.
Abbreviation of 地方裁判所 (district court), formed by taking the first kanji of 地方 and the first kanji of 裁判所.