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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (in case citations, M.D. Tenn.) is the federal trial court for most of Middle Tennessee.Based at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Nashville, it was created in 1839 when Congress added a third district to the state.
The Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building is a United States federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It is located at 719 Church Street, northeast of the older Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
Appeals from this one district court went directly to the United States Supreme Court. On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district court in Tennessee, [2] and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the ...
Appeals from this one district court went directly to the United States Supreme Court. On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district court in Tennessee, [4] and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the ...
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Tennessee.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee [7] United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee [8] United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee [9] Former federal courts of Tennessee. United States District Court for the District of Tennessee (subdivided, as three districts, in 1862)
The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
The formal naming convention for the district courts is "United States District Court for" followed by the district name. Each district court has one or more meeting places at which it holds hearings and conducts business. Many federal courthouses are named after notable judges, such as the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York ...