| March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176 |
Congress established a U.S. circuit court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and assigned it to the Ninth Circuit. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| August 16, 1842 5 Stat. 507 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Eastern District of Louisiana to the Fifth Circuit. |
| February 13, 1845 5 Stat. 722 |
This act reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district with a U.S. circuit court for the district. |
| March 3, 1849 9 Stat. 401 |
Congress again divided Louisiana into the eastern and the western judicial districts and created the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The U.S. District Court for the Western District, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| August 16, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Eastern District of Louisiana to the Sixth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Eastern District of Louisiana to the Fifth Circuit. |
| July 27, 1866 14 Stat. 300 |
This act abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district. |
| March 3, 1881 21 Stat. 507 |
This act divided Louisiana into the eastern and the western judicial districts and created a U.S. Circuit Court in each district. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |