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This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts ...
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system in Pennsylvania.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.
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 ...
and United States Courthouse [25] Bangor: 202 Harlow Street: D. Maine: 1968–present: Senator Margaret Chase Smith: U.S. Court House and Post Office: Portland: Middle & Exchange Sts. D. Maine: 1873–1905 Razed in 1965: n/a Edward T. Gignoux United States Courthouse† Portland: 156 Federal Street: D. Maine: 1911–present: District Court ...
The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [2] [3] It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by 3 Stat. 462, [2] [3] into the Eastern and Western Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ...
Most states allow cameras in the courthouse. The Radio Television Digital News Association lists Pennsylvania as one of just five states that prohibits cameras in courtrooms. Delaware, Iowa ...
Former federal courts located in Pennsylvania Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture (1780-1787) United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania (1789-1815 when it was subdivided)
The Allegheny County Courthouse of Allegheny County in Downtown Pittsburgh.. The Pennsylvania courts of common pleas are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction.There are 60 judicial districts, 53 of which comprise only one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties.