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Limestone County comprises the Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. The Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit was created in the early 1980s when Limestone County broke away from Morgan County to form its own circuit. The Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit has two circuit judges and two district judges.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is one of three federal judicial districts in Alabama. [3] Court for the District is held at Anniston, Birmingham, Florence, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa. Northwestern Division comprises the following counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, and Lawrence.
Judge Horton was born January 4, 1878, the son of James Horton, Sr. and Emily Donelson. His mother was the great-niece of former President of the United States Andrew Jackson. His family bible shows he was born in Limestone County, AL. At some point during his childhood he moved to Athens, Alabama.
Additionally, he served as an officer in both the Alabama District Judges Association and the Alabama Juvenile Judges Association. In 2011, Governor Robert J. Bentley appointed Burke to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, where he served until becoming a United States district judge. He was elected to a six-year term in 2012 without opposition.
An Alabama district judge who presides over cases in juvenile court, often involving child abuse or neglect, has been suspended after a state-led investigation that looked at hundreds of cases and ...
Born in Limestone County, Alabama, Hundley received a Bachelor of Laws from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1877. He was in private practice of law in Huntsville, Alabama from 1878 to 1907, serving as a division counsel to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1884 to 1907.
The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama.The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $10,000. [1]
He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1829 to 1833, a County Court Judge in Alabama beginning in 1832, and a Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court from 1834 to 1846. He was in private practice in Huntsville, Alabama from 1846 to 1861. [1] Lane opposed the secession of Alabama from the United States. [2]