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Initially, the court was not within any existing judicial circuit, and appeals from the court were taken directly to the United States Supreme Court. In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176. [5]
When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old.
Mississippi Circuit Courts (22 circuits) [4] Mississippi County Courts [5] Mississippi Justice Courts [6] Mississippi Municipal Courts [7] Mississippi Drug Courts [8] Mississippi Youth Courts [9] Federal courts located in Mississippi. United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi [10]
An amendment three years later made the Supreme Court responsible for appointing its own clerk. [14] From 1916 to 1980, all Supreme Court elections were effectively decided in the Democratic Party 's primary elections, as Mississippi was essentially a one-party state and no Republicans or independents offered challenges in the state's general ...
Now an office building partially leased by the Post Office. n/a U.S. Post Office† Lockport: 1 East Avenue: W.D.N.Y. 1904–1916 Still in use as a post office. n/a City Hall Post Office and Courthouse: Manhattan: Broadway at Park Row: S.D.N.Y. 2d Cir. 1875–1939 Construction began 1869; completed in 1880; demolished in 1939. n/a Thurgood ...
On September 29, 2016, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals removed Wingate as judge from two cases for continued failure to rule upon pending motions. [2] This was not the first time the Court of Appeals had taken notice of Judge Wingate's judicial backlog; in 2010, the higher court criticized him for taking more than six years to issue a final judgment in a civil case.
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At the time of its creation, the Fifth Circuit covered Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. On June 25, 1948, the Panama Canal Zone was added to the Fifth Circuit by 62 Stat. 870. The Fifth Circuit gained appellate jurisdiction over the United States District Court for the Canal Zone.