History of the Federal Judiciary


History of the Federal Judiciary


  U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Alabama
Official Records

The records of the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Alabama are included among Record Group 21 at the:

A guide to the holdings of the regional archvies is available at:
http://www.archives.gov/southeast/holdings/index.html

A published description of the records is also available
in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html).

Bibliography

Freyer, Tony, and Timothy Dixon.
Democracy and Judicial Independence: A History of the Federal Courts of Alabama, 1820-1994. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc., 1995.

Riser, R. Volney, comp., Paul M. Pruitt, Jr. and David I. Durham, eds. A Goodly Heritage: Judges and Historically Significant Decisions of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 1804-1955. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama School of Law, in partnership with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 2010.

 

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