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Court of Appeals judge John Minor Wisdom (1994) Hale Boggs Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: New Orleans: 500 Poydras Street: E.D.La. 1962–present: Hale Boggs: U.S. Court House & Post Office† Opelousas: 162 South Court Street: W.D.La. 1891–1967 Now privately owned. n/a U.S. Post Office & Court House: Shreveport: NE corner Texas ...
Congress again abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district on July 27, 1866, by 14 Stat. 300. [1] On March 3, 1881, by 21 Stat. 507, Louisiana was for a third time divided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each. [1]
Each district also has a United States Marshal who serves the court system. Three territories of the United States — the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases. [1] The breakdown of what is in each judicial district is codified in 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:58, 17 April 2018: 620 × 402 (768 KB): BenbowInn: DC and FED are circuits too, added black circles to emphasize them, also converted to plain SVG
Map of the boundaries of the 94 United States District Courts. The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized ...
A federal three-judge panel has asked the Louisiana Legislature to draw yet another congressional map by June 3 or have the court produce "interim" boundaries to conduct the Nov. 5 election.
The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal ...
District courts are courts of law, equity, and admiralty, and can hear both civil and criminal cases. But unlike U.S. state courts, federal district courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, and can only hear cases that involve disputes between residents of different states, questions of federal law, or federal crimes.