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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the Federal Judicial Center (Center) has ceased all non-excepted activities until funding is restored.

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U.S. Circuit Courts for the Districts of Missouri: Legislative History

March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176	Congress established the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Missouri and assigned it to the Eighth Circuit.
March 3, 1857 11 Stat. 197	The act divided Missouri into two judicial districts, the eastern and the western, but maintained only one U.S. circuit court.
July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576	Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Districts of Missouri to the Ninth Circuit.
July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209	Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Districts of Missouri to the Eighth Circuit.
June 8, 1872 17 Stat. 282	Act authorized separate U.S. circuit courts for the eastern and western districts of Missouri.
March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087	Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912.

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