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The District was divided into the Eastern and Western Districts on April 29, 1802. [1] On February 24, 1807, Congress again abolished the two districts and created the United States Circuit for the District of Tennessee. On March 3, 1837, Congress assigned the judicial district of Tennessee to the Eighth Circuit.
Bruce I. Griffey (born February 1963) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican, Griffey has represented the 75th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives, based in Henry, Benton, and Stewart Counties, since 2019. [1] [2]
The District was divided into the Eastern and Western Districts on April 29, 1802. [1] On February 24, 1807, Congress again abolished the two districts and created the United States Circuit for the District of Tennessee. On March 3, 1837, Congress assigned the judicial district of Tennessee to the Eighth Circuit.
Later used by the Tennessee Valley Authority; now the East Tennessee Historical Center. n/a U.S. Post Office & Courthouse† Knoxville: 501 Main Street: E.D. Tenn. 1934–1998 Now in use by the Tennessee state courts and a post office. n/a Howard H. Baker, Jr. U.S. Courthouse: Knoxville: 800 Market Street: E.D. Tenn.?–present Completed in 1991.
The Government of Tennessee is organized under the provisions of the 1870 Constitution of Tennessee, first adopted in 1796. [1] As set forth by the state constitution, administrative influence in Tennessee is divided among three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial.
The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic ...
Tennessee's Chancery Court was created in the first half of the 19th Century, and remains one of the few distinctly separate courts of equity in the United States. [4] While the Chancery Court and Tennessee's Circuit Court, the court of general civil and criminal jurisdiction , [ 3 ] may share a set of procedural rules in each county, there are ...
He received his judicial commission on January 12, 2018. [10] He became the chief judge on April 15, 2024. On July 24, 2020, Campbell blocked part of Tennessee's abortion law that would ban abortions in the early stages of pregnancy.