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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.
The James A. Byrne United States Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789.
Federal Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania Federal Courthouse, Pittsburgh. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, W.D. Pa.) is a federal trial court that sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law.
The insular areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands each have one territorial court; these courts are called "district courts" and exercise the same jurisdiction as district courts, [2] [3] but differ from district courts in that territorial courts are Article IV courts, with judges who serve ten-year ...
A member of the Pennsylvania Legislature's Goverment Oversight Committee wants to open the commonwealth's courtrooms to cameras.. State Rep. Jamie Flick, R-Lycoming, is seeking cosponsors for a ...
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 ...
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Reassigned on June 16, 1891 to the newly formed United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Acheson: PA: 1892–1906 Buffington: PA: 1906–1938 Biddle: PA: 1939–1940 Goodrich: PA: 1940–1962 Freedman: PA: 1964–1971 Weis, Jr. PA: 1973–1988 Nygaard: PA: 1988–2005 Hardiman: PA: 2007–present